VISCOELASTIC CREEP OF COLLAGENOUS TISSUE
VISCOELASTIC CREEP OF COLLAGENOUS TISSUE
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DOI:
10.1016/0021-9290(76)90002-6
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发表时间:
1976-01-01
影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
MCCRUM, NG
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作者:
COHEN, RE;HOOLEY, CJ;MCCRUM, NG
The temperature and stress dependence of creep of human digital tendon was studied in vitro at temperatures between 10-60.degree. C and at tensile strains below 2%. The activation energy, .DELTA.H, for the viscoelastic deformation mechanism was determined by imposing small, abrupt changes in temperature on the specimen during creep. The value of .DELTA.H at 28.degree. C was 12 (.+-. 1.5) kcal mol-1 for specimens from donors of age 21, 55 and 89 yr. The activation energy for the shrinkage transition in human digital tendon was determined as 250 kcal/mole using similar techniques. The stress dependence of the isochronal strain rate can be determined mathematically. The observed viscoelastic phenomena are discussed in terms of the structure of the collagenous tissue. The advantages of the creep T-jump technique for the study of biological polymers are also discussed.