Xituan Shang*, Michael R. T. Yen1,†, M. Waleed Gaber‡
Molecular & Cellular Biomechanics, Vol.7, No.2, pp. 93-104, 2010, DOI:10.3970/mcb.2010.007.093
Abstract The objective of this research is to conduct mechanical property studies of skin from two individual but potentially connected aspects. One is to determine the mechanical properties of the skin experimentally by biaxial tests, and the other is to use the finite element method to model the skin properties. Dynamic biaxial tests were performed on 16 pieces of abdominal skin specimen from rats. Typical biaxial stress-strain responses show that skin possesses anisotropy, nonlinearity and hysteresis. To describe the stress-strain relationship in forms of strain energy function, the material constants of each specimen were obtained and the results show a high… More >
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