Biomechanical models for soft tissue simulation /
Numerous experiments reported in the biomechanical literature have shown that soft tissues are highly nonlinear viscoelastic materials. Attempts to model their mechanical behaviour have led to different kinds of mathematical relationships depending on the approach adopted. The use of these models fo...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; New York :
Springer-Verlag,
[1998]
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| Series: | ESPRIT basic research series.
EUR (Series) ; 16614 EN. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Numerous experiments reported in the biomechanical literature have shown that soft tissues are highly nonlinear viscoelastic materials. Attempts to model their mechanical behaviour have led to different kinds of mathematical relationships depending on the approach adopted. The use of these models for the realistic simulation of skeletal soft tissues requires basic knowledge of the theory of nonlinear mechanics as well as knowledge of the associated incremental finite element methods. Although many documents have been published in these different areas, few of them give enough details to understand how the models are related to the underlying mechanical theory and how incremental methods are applied to achieve finite element simulations. This report has been developed, as part of the European Esprit project CHARM, to provide an overview of the available models in light of theoretical mechanics and finite element methods, for the realistic simulation of the human muscles, tendons and skin. |
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| Item Description: | "Publication number EUR 16614 EN of the European Commission, Dissemination of Scientific and Technical Knowledge Unit, Directorate-General Information Technologies and Industries, and Telecommunications, Luxembourg"--Title page verso. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 173 pages) : illustrations. |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9783662035894 (electronic bk.) 3662035898 (electronic bk.) |