Browsing Mathematics by Subject "Skin"

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    • Automated estimation of collagen fibre dispersion in the dermis and its contribution to the anisotropic behaviour of skin 

      Ní Annaidh, Aisling; Destrade, Michel; Gilchrist, Michael D. (Springer, 2012-08)
      Collagen fibres play an important role in the mechanical behaviour of many soft tissues. Modelling of such tissues now often incorporates a collagen fibre distribution. However, the availability of accurate structural data ...

    • A combined experimental and numerical study of stab-penetration forces 

      Ní Annaidh, Aisling; Cassidy, Mary; Curtis, Michael; Destrade, Michel; Gilchrist, Michael D. (Elsevier, 2013-12)
      The magnitude of force used in a stabbing incident can be difficult to quantify, although the estimate given by forensic pathologists is often seen as 'critical' evidence in medico-legal situations. The main objective of ...

    • Deficiencies in numerical models of anisotropic nonlinearly elastic materials 

      Ní Annaidh, Aisling; Destrade, Michel; Gilchrist, M.; Murphy, J.G. (Springer, 2013-08)
      Incompressible nonlinearly hyperelastic materials are rarely simulated in finite element numerical experiments as being perfectly incompressible because of the numerical difficulties associated with globally satisfying ...

    • Mechanical properties of excised human skin 

      Ni Annaidh, Aisling; Ottenio, M.; Bruyere, K.; Destrade, Michel; Gilchrist, Michael D. (Springer Verlag, 2010)
      In this study we have investigated in influence of location, gender and orientation on the deformation characteristics of 55 samples of human excised skin. Uniaxial tensile tests were carried out at a strain rate of ...