Age-dependent influence of strain rate on the tensile failure of rat-tail tendon

Haut, R. C.<sup>1</sup>

Affiliations

¹Crash Injury Section, Biomedical Science Department, General Motors Research Laboratories, Warren, Mich. 48090

Abstract

Sensitivity of tensile strength, failure strain, and failure energy density to strain rate was studied for rat-tail tendon (RTT), a collagen-rich connective tissue. Tendons from animals aged 1–27 months were stretched at a high (720 percent/s) and low (3.6 percent/s) strain rate. Each failure parameter increased with strain rate. However, the sensitivity of tendon failure to rate of strain decreased rapidly during growth and sexual maturation of the animal. The study provides basic data on the rate-sensitive strength of collagen fibers using RTT.

Links

DOI: 10.1115/1.3138422

PubMed: 6632834

WoS: A1983RF39500015

History

Received: 1982-07-06

Revised: 1983-04-05

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