A mixture approach to the mechanics of skin.
Skin can be considered to be a mixture of a solid and a fluid. A general theory for the description of the behaviour of mixtures is presented and applied to a mixture of a solid and a fluid. A numerical procedure is presented to solve the non-linear field equations describing such a mixture. The abilities of the procedure are demonstrated by means of a confined compression test.
Oomens
C W
CW
Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands.
van Campen
D H
DH
Grootenboer
H J
HJ
D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D001834:Body Water / Q000378:metabolism; D004548:Elasticity; D006801:Humans; D008433:Mathematics; D012879:Skin Physiological Phenomena