Abstract
The nonlinear viscoelastic bahavior of the human vocal fold extracellular matrix (ECM) under uniaxial tensile loading was characterized. Vocal fold cover specimens were dissected from larynges excised postmortem from three subjects (97 year old female, 17 year old male, and 65 year old male). A sinusoidal uniaxial tensile stretch-release protocol similar to that of Alipour and Titze was conducted on each cover specimen, at a loading rate of 1-10Hz and at a pre-strain of ∼0-30%. It was found that μ A = 0.90 μ for the 97 year old female and the 17 year old male, and μ A = 0.99 μ for the 65 year old male.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Advances in Bioengineering, BED |
Publisher | American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) |
Pages | 317-318 |
Number of pages | 2 |
State | Published - 2004 |
Event | 2004 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE - Anaheim, CA, United States Duration: Nov 13 2004 → Nov 19 2004 |
Other
Other | 2004 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | Anaheim, CA |
Period | 11/13/04 → 11/19/04 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Engineering