Measurement of Nonlinear-Elastic Properties of Skin and Subcutaneous Tissues via Unconfined Compression Tests

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• Personal Author:
  Cutlip, Robert G. ; Dong, Ren G. ; Wu, John Z.
• Description:
  Knowledge of the nonlinear-elastic properties of soft tissues is essential for the development of reliable finite element models for biological systems. The compressive nonlinear-elastic properties of soft tissues are usually determined using unconfined compression tests. To determine the nonlinearelastic behavior of skin and subcutaneous tissues using a conventional approach, the skin and subcutaneous tissues have to be separated before testing [1,2,3]. Using such an approach, measurement errors may be increased as a consequence of the reduced specimen dimensions and cumulative experimental errors. In the present study, we propose a novel method to determine the nonlinear-elastic behaviors of the skin and the subcutaneous tissues simultaneously using specimens of skin/subcutaneous composites. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Dust Filtration Hazardous Substances Mining Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Silicon Dioxide
• Keywords:
  Biological-systems Collagen-fibrils Models Physiological-testing Physiology Sampling Sampling-methods Skin Skin-tests Tissue-culture
• Publisher:
  International Society of Biomechanics
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  HELD - Health Effects Laboratory Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  66
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20030464
• Citation:
  ISB XXth Congress - ASB 29th Annual Meeting, July 31- August 5, 2005, Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland, OH: International Society of Biomechanics, 2005 Jul; :66
• Email:
  jwu@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  ISB XXth Congress - ASB 29th Annual Meeting, July 31- August 5, 2005, Cleveland, Ohio
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1b4a64d0db9cb9aa0ee0023e9c371ea124f95ad09feed912a1b798d5c1e85a907f98f69b3bf163c1a02f8e2b40eb12993f381503eb1354dcb3d2183658c27fd6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/191065/cdc_191065_DS1.pdf
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