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ArticleInterface focus2019

Fracture toughness of human amniotic membranes.

Ching Theng Koh, Khaow Tonsomboon, Michelle L Oyen

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Article in Interface focus, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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Ching Theng KohDepartment of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1PZ, UK.
Khaow TonsomboonDepartment of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1PZ, UK.
Michelle L OyenDepartment of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1PZ, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3428-748X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Amnion is a membrane that surrounds and structurally protects the developing fetus during pregnancy. The rupture of amniotic membranes prior to both normal and preterm deliveries involves stretch forces acting on a biochemically triggered weak zone of the membranes. Fracture toughness is an important mechanical property describing how the membranes containing a defect resist fracture, but this property has never been investigated in amniotic membranes. In this work, the fracture toughness of many samples cut from four pieces of amniotic membrane from different mothers was examined by uniaxial and pure shear (mode I) fracture tests. The measurement was checked for dependence on the sample geometry and notch length. Results from the uniaxial tensile test show J-shaped stress-strain curves and confirm that the amniotic membrane is a nonlinear material. The measured fracture toughness of four amniotic membranes ranged from 0.96 ± 0.11 to 1.83 ± 0.18 kJ m

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amnionfetal membranefracture mechanicsrupture

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PMID31485308
PMCPMC6710656

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