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Dependence of the viscoelastic response of the urinary bladder wall on strain rate

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In order to relate the results of measurements on strips of urinary bladder wall to clinical measurements on the intact urinary bladder, an expression is derived for the dependence of the viscoelastic response of bladder-wall material on strain rate. This expression is based on a non-linear viscoelastic model, with elastic moduli depending exponentially on strain, in accordance with the results of previous measurements. The results of measurements performed on strips of bladder-wall material at different strain rates show good agreement with the values predicted by the above mentioned expression.

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  1. Department of Urology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 3000 DR, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    R. van Mastrigt

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University Eindhoven, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    J. C. Nagtegaal

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van Mastrigt, R., Nagtegaal, J.C. Dependence of the viscoelastic response of the urinary bladder wall on strain rate. Med. Biol. Eng. Comput. 19, 291–296 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02442547

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