Experimental study and constitutive modeling of the viscoelastic mechanical properties of the human prolapsed vaginal tissue

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作者：
Estefania Peña
B. Calvo
M. A. Martínez
P. Martins
T. Mascarenhas
R. M. N. Jorge
A. Ferreira
M. Doblaré
机构：
[1] University of Zaragoza,Group of Structural Mechanics and Materials Modeling, Aragón Institute of Engineering Research
[2] Biomateriales y Nanomedicina,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Bioingeniería (CIBER
[3] University of Porto,BBN)
[4] University of Porto,IDMEC
[5] University of Porto,Polo FEUP, Faculty of Engineering
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Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology | 2010年 / 9卷
关键词：
Large deformation; Viscoelasticity; Hyperelastic; Vaginal tissue; Pelvic organ prolapse;
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摘要：
In this paper, the viscoelastic mechanical properties of vaginal tissue are investigated. Using previous results of the authors on the mechanical properties of biological soft tissues and newly experimental data from uniaxial tension tests, a new model for the viscoelastic mechanical properties of the human vaginal tissue is proposed. The structural model seems to be sufficiently accurate to guarantee its application to prediction of reliable stress distributions, and is suitable for finite element computations. The obtained results may be helpful in the design of surgical procedures with autologous tissue or prostheses.
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