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2032981

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-6-24
pubmed:abstractText
Cartilage is primarily responsible for maintaining the stability of the large airways; yet very little is known about the mechanical properties of airway cartilage. This work establishes a technique whereby average values for the equilibrium modulus of excised tracheal cartilage rings can be obtained. An apparatus was designed to apply preset deformations to a tracheal segment and to monitor the deforming force. Segments of four human tracheae obtained postmortem and containing three rings were mounted in the apparatus after being stripped of posterior membrane. The load-deformation behavior was analyzed with a model on the basis of thin curved beam theory. Agreement between predicted deformed shapes and those observed was good in three of the four cases and in the case of a short length of longitudinally split rubber tube. The technique is suitable for comparing mechanical properties of cartilage before and after an intervention.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
8750-7587
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
70
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1152-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
A method for estimating the Young's modulus of complete tracheal cartilage rings.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physics and Biophysics, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't