title: Frequency dependence of complex moduli of brain tissue using a fractional Zener model.
abstract: Brain tissue exhibits viscoelastic behaviour. If loading times are substantially short, static tests are not sufficient to determine the complete viscoelastic behaviour of the material, and dynamic test methods are more appropriate. The concept of complex modulus of elasticity is a powerful tool for characterizing the frequency domain behaviour of viscoelastic materials. On the other hand, it is well known that classical viscoelastic models can be generalized by means of fractional calculus to describe more complex viscoelastic behaviour of materials. In this paper, the fractional Zener model is investigated in order to describe the dynamic behaviour of brain tissue. The model is fitted to experimental data of oscillatory shear tests of bovine brain tissue to verify its behaviour and to obtain the material parameters.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada. kohandel@uwaterloo.ca
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kohandel
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sivaloganathan
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tenti
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Darvish
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004548:Elasticity; D006801:Humans; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D023421:Models, Animal; D008959:Models, Neurological; D012212:Rheology; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D014783:Viscosity