The evaluation of new multi-material human soft tissue simulants for sports impact surrogates

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 41, Issue , 2015, Pages 336-356

  Payne, Thomas ^a   Mitchell, Séan ^a   Bibb, Richard ^a   Waters, Mark ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FEA; Impact; Polydimethysiloxane; Silicone; Simulant; Sports; Surrogate; Thigh

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HISTOLOGY; MICROCHANNELS; MUSCLE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SPORTS; STRAIN RATE; VISCOELASTICITY;

IMPACT; POLYDIMETHYSILOXANE; SIMULANT; SURROGATE; THIGH;

SILICONES;

GELATIN; POLYDIMETHYSILOXANE; POLYSILOXANE; SILASTIC; SILICONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BAYSILON; DIMETICONE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BALLISTICS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MECHANICAL STIMULUS TEST; SOFT TISSUE; SPORT; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SURFACE STRESS; TISSUE STRUCTURE; VISCOELASTICITY; BIOMIMETICS; CYTOLOGY; ELASTICITY; EVALUATION STUDY; INJURIES; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANICS; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKIN; SPORT INJURY; SURFACE PROPERTY; VISCOSITY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BIOMIMETICS; DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN; SPORTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84919800768     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2014.09.018     Document Type: Article

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