Skin Biophysics From Experimental Characterisation to Advanced Modelling /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Limbert, Georges (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Studies in Mechanobiology, Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials, 22
• Subjects: Biomedical engineering.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Mechanics.; Mechanics, Applied.; Dermatology.; Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering.; Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics.; Solid Mechanics.

This book presents state-of-the-art experimental and modelling techniques for skin biophysics that are currently used in academic and industrial research. It also identifies current and future challenges, as well as a growing number of opportunities in this exciting research field. The book covers t...

Table of Contents:

• Human Skin: Composition, Structure and Visualisation Methods
• Constitutive Modelling of Skin Mechanics
• Constitutive Modelling of Skin Growth
• Constitutive Modelling of Wound Healing
• Constitutive Modelling of Skin Ageing - Inverse Methods
• Experimental Characterisation: Rich Deformations
• Multiscale Characterisation of Skin Mechanics Through In Situ Imaging
• Tension Lines of the Skin
• Experimental Tribology of Human Skin.