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Published on: June 11, 2019
Shear mechanical properties of the spleen: experiment and analytical modelling
S Nicolle1, L Noguer, J-F Palierne
1Université de Lyon, F-69622, Lyon, France. stephane.nicolle@ifsttar.fr
Abstract:
This paper aims at providing the first shear mechanical properties of spleen tissue. Rheometric tests on porcine splenic tissues were performed in the linear and nonlinear regime, revealing a weak frequency dependence of the dynamic moduli in linear regime and a distinct strain-hardening effect in nonlinear regime. These behaviours are typical of soft tissues such as kidney and liver, with however a less pronounced strain-hardening for the spleen. An analytical model based on power laws is then proposed to describe the general shear viscoelastic behaviour of the spleen.
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