title: Stress-sharing between the fluid and solid components of articular cartilage under varying rates of compression.
abstract: This paper investigates the factors affecting the mechanical behavior of the articular cartilage matrix with special emphasis on the effect of compressive strain-rate on the short and long term responses of the fluid and the solid components. The relationships expressed in the general theory of one-dimensional consolidation are generalized to account for strain-rate in the deformation process with the result that the stiffness due to the fluid and the solid components, and a parameter representing the degree of drag, can be calculated explicitly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oloyede
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Broom
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000502:physiology*; D002417:Cattle; D008433:Mathematics; D009995:Osmosis; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013997:Time Factors