Constitutive equations for fibrous connective tissues

The Elastic Moduli of Fiber-Reinforced Materials

1964 • 1,658 citations

Theory of mechanical properties of fibre-strengthened materials: I. Elastic behaviour

1964 • 1,031 citations

Elasticity of soft tissues in simple elongation

1967 • 968 citations

BIOMECHANICS, Its Foundations and Objectives

1973 • 560 citations

Collagen; ultrastructure and its relation to mechanical properties as a function of ageing

1972 • 552 citations

Mechanical characterization of skin—Finite deformations

1970 • 520 citations

On elastic behaviour of fibre reinforced materials of arbitrary transverse phase geometry

1965 • 507 citations

Two-dimensional mechanical properties of rabbit skin—I. Experimental system

1974 • 422 citations

A structural theory for the homogeneous biaxial stress-strain relationships in flat collagenous tissues

1979 • 396 citations

A note on the elasticity of soft biological tissues

1972 • 383 citations

Deformations of fibre-reinforced materials

1973 • 364 citations

Deformations of fibre-reinforced materials,

1972 • 343 citations

Two-dimensional mechanical properties of rabbit skin—II. Experimental results

1974 • 338 citations

Mechanical behaviour of tendonIn vitro

1967 • 326 citations

Biomechanics Its Foundations And Objectives

1972 • 299 citations

The stress-strain relationship for the skin

1976 • 289 citations

Biorheology of soft tissues1

1973 • 258 citations

A constitutive equation for collagen fibers

1972 • 252 citations

A scanning electron microscope study

1980 • 249 citations

Mechanical behavior of the human annulus fibrosus

1976 • 183 citations

Viscoelastic fiber reinforced materials.

1966 • 161 citations

A structural mechanical model for tendon crimping

1980 • 158 citations

Quasi-Linear Viscoelastic Properties of Normal Articular Cartilage

1980 • 156 citations

Torsional elasticity of human skin in vivo

1973 • 150 citations

Elastic Environment of the Capillary Bed

1966 • 149 citations

Viscoelastic description of a collagenous tissue in simple elongation

1969 • 146 citations

An elastic stress-strain relation for soft biological tissues based on a structural model

1980 • 145 citations

Dependence of stress-strain nonlinearity of connective tissues on the geometry of collagen fibres

1976 • 138 citations

Perspectives in Biomedical Engineering

1973 • 135 citations

Biomechanics and Related Bio-Engineering Topics

1965 • 134 citations

A scanning electron microscope study of the effects of uniaxial tension on human skin

2006 • 133 citations

Large elastic deformations of isotropic materials X. Reinforcement by inextensible cords

1955 • 127 citations

Deformation and Flow in Biological Systems

1952 • 112 citations

Viscoelastic creep of collagenous tissue

1976 • 108 citations

Light and electron microscopic studies of collagen fibers under strain

1968 • 103 citations

ACCOUNTING FOR NATURAL TENSION IN THE MECHANICAL TESTING OF HUMAN SKIN

1977 • 100 citations

Rheological properties of canine anterior cruciate ligaments

1969 • 93 citations

On the Mechanical Behavior of Elastic Animal Tissue

1969 • 82 citations

Viscoelastic properties of soft tissue by discrete model characterization

1968 • 82 citations

Biomechanics and related Bio-engineering topics

1966 • 77 citations

Human skin as an elastic membrane

1973 • 72 citations

A Microstructure Model for the Rheology of Mammalian Tendon

1980 • 70 citations

The rheological behavior of the skin: experimental results and a structural model1

1979 • 67 citations

Physical Properties of Collagen Fibers

1968 • 65 citations

Dynamic mechanical testing of human skin ‘in vivo’

1970 • 62 citations

Constitutive Equation of Lung Tissue Elasticity

1979 • 56 citations

Scanning electron microscopy of the human dermis under uni-axial strain.

1969 • 54 citations

A constitutive equation for parallel-fibered elastic tissue

1974 • 49 citations

Stress-Strain-Time Relations for Soft Connective Tissues

1973 • 47 citations

The Elasticity of Sclera and Choroid of the Human Eye, and Its Implications on Scleral Rigidity and Accommodation

1977 • 45 citations

The deformation of a membrane formed by inextensible cords

1958 • 44 citations

Strain energy function for biological tissues

1970 • 44 citations

Mathematical and mechanical modeling of stress-strain relationship of pericardium

1975 • 41 citations

A stochastic model for biological tissue elasticity in simple elongation

1973 • 38 citations

Mémoire sur l'élasticité et la cohésion des principaux tissus du corps humain

1847 • 38 citations

Simple Uniaxial and Uniform Biaxial Deformation of Nearly Isotropic Incompressible Tissues

1969 • 37 citations

A Mechanical Model for Mammalian Tendon

1975 • 35 citations

Refinements in the methods for the measurement of the mechanical properties of unwounded and wounded skin

1965 • 32 citations

The alinear viscoelastic properties of human skin in vivo for small deformations

1980 • 30 citations

Dynamic viscoelastic behaviour of the human tendon in vitro

1980 • 30 citations

The dynamic rigidity of fibrin gels1

1973 • 26 citations

A RHEOLOGICAL STUDY OF SKIN

1965 • 23 citations

A THREE-DIMENSIONAL PROBLEM FOR HIGHLY ELASTIC MATERIALS SUBJECT TO CONSTRAINTS

1958 • 21 citations

Viscous Flow in Compressed Human and Rat Skin*

1965 • 20 citations

The role of the pericardium in cardiac mechanics

1979 • 18 citations

A Constitutive Equation for the Canine Anterior Cruciate Ligament

1979 • 17 citations

Cylindrically Symmetrical Deformations of Incompressible Elastic Materials Reinforced with Inextensible Cords

1956 • 17 citations

Hysteretic behavior of soft living animal tissue

1972 • 16 citations

Finite deformation theory for in vivo human skin.

1977 • 15 citations

The Stress-Strain Relationship

1976 • 15 citations

Structure-function relations in mammalian tendon: the effect of geometrical nonuniformity.

1978 • 14 citations

Mechanical Properties of TheHuman Skin in Vivo For SmallDeformations; A Comparisonof Uniaxial Strain and Torsion Measurements

1976 • 14 citations

Investigations into the Effect of Mechanical Pressure on the Water Content of Isolated Skin

1960 • 10 citations

Experimental study of biological tissue subjected to pure shear

1975 • 10 citations

Perspectives in Biomedical Engineering

1974 • 9 citations

IN VIVO STUDY OF HUMAN SKIN RHEOLOGY **This research was supported by NIH Grant ROI GM21603.

1978 • 4 citations

Function and structure of collagenous tissue : investigations on the tensile strength, general rheology and morphology of tendons and joint ligaments in the rabbit

1968 • 3 citations