Biomechanical model of the human cornea: Considering shear stiffness and regional variation of collagen anisotropy and density

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 42, Issue , 2015, Pages 76-87

  Whitford, Charles ^a   Studer, Harald ^b   Boote, Craig ^b   Meek, Keith M ^c   Elsheikh, Ahmed ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Integrated Scientific Services   (Switzerland)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Biomechanics; Collagen; Cornea; Microstructure; Numerical modelling

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MICROSTRUCTURE; STIFFNESS; STIFFNESS MATRIX; X RAY SCATTERING;

ANISOTROPIC BEHAVIOURS; BIO-MECHANICAL MODELS; CALIBRATION PARAMETERS; CORNEA; EXPERIMENTAL DATABASE; FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING; MATERIAL COEFFICIENTS; NUMERICAL REPRESENTATION;

NUMERICAL MODELS;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN ANISOTROPY; COLLAGEN DENSITY; COLLAGEN FIBER; CORNEA STROMA; EX VIVO STUDY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; RADIATION SCATTERING; RELATIVE DENSITY; RIGIDITY; SHEAR STIFFNESS; TONOMETRY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CORNEA; CYTOLOGY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; METABOLISM;

COLLAGEN;

ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; COLLAGEN; CORNEA; CORNEAL STROMA; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84912051948     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2014.11.006     Document Type: Article

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