A new constitutive model for hydration-dependent mechanical properties in biological soft tissues and hydrogels

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3196-3200

  Gao, Xin ^a   Gu, Weiyong ^a  

^a University of Miami College of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Agarose gel; Aggregate modulus; Cartilage; Poisson U+05F3 s ratio; Shear modulus; Soft materials; Water content; Water diffusivity

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; CARTILAGE; CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; ELASTIC MODULI; HISTOLOGY; HYDRATION; HYDROGELS; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); SHEAR STRAIN; SOFT MATERIALS; TISSUE; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WATER CONTENT;

AGAROSE GEL; AGGREGATE MODULUS; BIOLOGICAL SOFT TISSUE; BIPHASIC MATERIALS; HIGH WATER CONTENT; S RATIO; TISSUE ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; WATER DIFFUSIVITY;

BIOMECHANICS;

AGGREGATE MODULUS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUID VOLUME FRACTION; HYDRATION; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; HYDROGEL; LINEAR SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POISSON RATIO; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHEAR MODULUS; SOFT TISSUE; WATER CONTENT; CHEMISTRY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

HYDROGEL; WATER;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; HYDROGELS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING; WATER;

EID: 84908032604     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2014.06.012     Document Type: Article

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