[Experimental study on viscoelastic properties of human cornea]

Sheng Wu Yi Xue Gong Cheng Xue Za Zhi. 2005 Jun;22(3):550-4.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

The biomechanical properties of eight human corneas from four normal Chinese fresh corpses were investigated by use of one dimension tensile test, tensile stress relaxation and creep test. The destructive load, stretchy ratio, spreading stress, spreading strain and elastic modulus were determined. Also obtained were the stress relaxation and creep data and curves. After reduction of data, the reduced stress relaxation and creep data and curves were worked out. The regression method was used to get the regression coefficient. The least square method was employed to fit the data of stress and strain; then the stress-strain formula was expressed and the curves of human cornea were plotted. The constitutive equation is K (lambda,t) = G(t) T(e) (lambda) and some conclusions are drawn.

MeSH terms

  • Biomechanical Phenomena
  • Cornea / physiology*
  • Elastic Modulus*
  • Humans
  • Stress, Mechanical*