Review of Experimental Techniques used to Study the Mechanical Behaviour of Biological Soft Tissues

DOI

10.2991/iccasp-16.2017.44How to use a DOI?

Keywords

SHPB, soft tissue properties, human body modelling, high strain rates, numerical simulations

Abstract

This review is intended to highlight and discuss the various experimental techniques used to obtain the mechanical behavior of soft tissues at varying strain rates. A variety of techniques used to obtain the mechanical properties of soft tissues and soft materials from low to intermediate and high rates of strain are summarized. These techniques include quasi-static, intermediate and dynamic strain rate setups. Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar (SHPB) technique with some modifications is commonly used for testing soft materials at high strain rates up to 104 s-1. Article searches were performed on impact biomechanics, orthopaedic and biomechanical publications in databases: PubMed, Scopus, ScienceDirect, Compendex, MEDLINE and EMBASE. The discrepancies on the use of conventional SHPB in the dynamic soft tissues testing were highlighted. This review explains the use of conventional SHPB technique for the characterization of soft tissues under compressive and tensile loading. The discrepancies in existing literature emphasize the need for additional research into the development of SHPB for dynamic testing of soft tissues under both compressive and tensile loading. This review suggests requirement of an integrated SHPB setup with necessary modifications in striker bar loading mechanism and specimen clamping attachment for dynamic testing of soft tissues under compressive as well as tensile loading.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Somnath Kadhane
AU  - Hemant Warhatkar
PY  - 2016/12
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BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Communication and Signal Processing 2016 (ICCASP 2016)
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SN  - 1951-6851
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