Measurement of the viscoelastic mechanical properties of the skin tissue under uniaxial loading

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part L: Journal of Materials: Design and Applications

Volumn 230, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 418-425

  Karimi, Alireza ^a,b   Haghighatnama, Maedeh ^a,b   Shojaei, Ahmad ^c,d   Navidbakhsh, Mahdi ^a   Haghi, Afsaneh Motevalli ^e   Sadati, Seyed Jafar Adnani ^e  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d Basir Eye Center   (Iran)

^e TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anatomical locations; Mechanical properties; Quasi linear viscoelastic model; Relaxation test; Skin

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; HISTOLOGY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SKIN; STRESS RELAXATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VISCOELASTICITY; WELL TESTING;

ANATOMICAL LOCATIONS; ANATOMICAL REGIONS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; QUASI-LINEAR VISCOELASTIC; RELAXATION TEST; STRESS RELAXATION DATA; TIME DEPENDENT VISCOELASTIC; TIME-DEPENDENT MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR;

TISSUE;

EID: 85016263856     PISSN: 14644207     EISSN: 20413076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1464420715575169     Document Type: Article

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