@inproceedings{e3e27d1801c94ec7a466034b68d63a04,
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",
month = dec,
day = "1",
language = "English (US)",
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",
}