Mechanical function of the liver capsule
Arnold, G.; Clahsen, H.; Fengels, W.
Gegenbaurs Morphologisches Jahrbuch 127(6): 785-791
1981
ISSN/ISBN: 0016-5840 PMID: 7341347 Document Number: 170269
Histomechanical experiments were performed on human and bovine liver capsules. On strain processes, the mechanical resistance force increases slowly at the beginning, and then with a continuous change rapidly. The relaxation processes approximate to a constant form at equal stains with interponed isometrical phases. This indicates that the tissue has a trend towards a viscoelastic equilibrium (balance behaviour, steady state). In further experiments the following histomechanical properties could be demonstrated: Upper and lower summit decrease at dynamical (cyclic) relaxation, and cascade dynamical (cyclic) force recovery with stepwise reduced force amplitudes.