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Computational and Experimental Study of Performance of an Artificial Ligament: DacronTM yarn

TAI-MING CHU Department of Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering Program, New Jersev Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, 07102, USAView further author information
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MIROSLAW SOKOL Department of Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering Program, New Jersev Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, 07102, USA
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IAN S. FISCHER Department of Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering Program, New Jersev Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, 07102, USA
Pages 309-319 | Received 24 Oct 1997, Published online: 28 Mar 2007

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