摘要
Subcutaneous adipose tissue has been tested in uniaxial compression over a wide range of strain rates from quasi-static to 5700聽s鈭?. In the quasi-static regime, the tissue was subjected to fully reversed cyclic loading. A symmetric tensile-compressive response was observed with lock-up at tensile and compressive strains of 25%. Uniaxial compressive tests at high strain rates (1000聽s鈭?-5700聽s鈭?) were conducted with a split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) using polycarbonate bars. Over the full range of strain rate from quasi-static to high strain rate, the magnitude of stress increases with strain rate whereas the shape of the stress versus strain response is invariant: the stress level scales with the initial modulus E. A one term Ogden energy density function is adequate for describing the shape of the stress versus strain response at any given strain rate.