THORACIC MODEL IMPROVEMENTS (EXPERIMENTAL TISSUE PROPERTIES). VOLUME II. TECHNICAL REPORT

Much of the experimental work on determining the mechanical behavior of soft tissues has not been cast in the framework of a complete solid mechanics tissue behavior from the existing literature. The basic tests reported include uniaxial tension, biaxial membrane inflation and burst, tubular inflation, torsion and direct compression on a very wide range of human and animal tissues. The data provides no information of real use to a continuum mechanics characterization of the tissue behaviors. The main emphasis is upon impact type high strain rate behavior of biological tissues and as such the main form of data acquisition was in terms of high strain rate stress-strain curves to failure.

• Record URL:
  • http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/1431
• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume 1, PB-242 489 and Volume 3, PB-242 491.
• Corporate Authors:

  Highway Safety Research Institute

  Huron Parkway and Baxter Road
  Ann Arbor, MI  United States  48109

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Melvin, J W
  • Wineman, A S
• Publication Date: 1975-5

Media Info

• Pagination: 174 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Anatomy; Biological cells; Fatalities; Finite element method; Human beings; Impacts; Injuries; Mathematical models; Mechanical elasticity; Mechanical properties; Mechanical strain; Monkeys; Stresses; Thorax; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models; Motor vehicle accidents
• Old TRIS Terms: Strains; Tissues; Tissues biology
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00091509
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: UM-HSRI-BI-74-2-2 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-031-3-763
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 24 1975 12:00AM