@inproceedings{538736396e4f43e08ad9ba4d0a62b8b7,
title = "Pre-stress in articular cartilage due to internal swelling pressure",
abstract = "The triphasic theory has been used to calculate the pre-stress in spherical and cylindrical layer models of articular cartilage. In the present study, cartilage was assumed to be homogeneous with a uniform fixed charge density. The tissue is attached to subchondral bone of a given radius of curvature. It has been determined that: 1) the maximum radial elastic stress occurs at the cartilage-bone junction and the maximum circumferential elastic stress occurs at the cartilage surface; 2) radial elastic stress is generally larger than the tangential elastic stress; 3) the maximum elastic stress increases with decreasing radius of curvature for cartilage layers of fixed thickness. The existence of pre-stresses may serve to reduce collagen tension resulting from joint loading, and may also be an important factor in determining the collagen ultrastructure within the cartilage solid matrix.",
author = "Setton, \{L. A.\} and Gu, \{W. Y.\} and Lai, \{W. M.\} and Mow, \{V. C.\}",
year = "1992",
language = "English",
isbn = "0791811166",
series = "American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Bioengineering Division (Publication) BED",
publisher = "Publ by ASME",
pages = "485--488",
booktitle = "1992 Advances in Bioengineering",
note = "Winter Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers ; Conference date: 08-11-1992 Through 13-11-1992",
}