Theses and Dissertations

Ashma Sharma

Issuing Body

Mississippi State University

Advisor

Williams, Lakiesha N.

Committee Member

Prabhu, Rajkumar

Committee Member

Liao, Jun

Committee Member

Baumgartner, Wes A.

Date of Degree

8-12-2016

Document Type

Graduate Thesis - Open Access

Major

Biomedical Engineering

Degree Name

Master of Science

College

James Worth Bagley College of Engineering

Department

Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Abstract

Adipose tissue, also known as fat tissue are the lipid filled cells with various functions such as, shock absorber, energy storage, and thermal insulation. In this study, the impact of compressive stress at the microstructural level on the porcine abdominal adipose tissue is analyzed under different strain rates of 0.1%, 1%, and 10%. The compressed tissues were fixed in formalin followed by hematoxylin and eosin staining, which were further analyzed at the cellular level using an optical microscope. The preliminary results showed a linear relationship between stress and strain up to 20% strain amplitude. Additionally, the stiffness of the fat tissue was observed to increase with the increase in loading rate. The non-linearity behavior of the adipose tissue and its effects on the cellular level will be studied to understand the mechanical response of fat tissue and its ability to mitigate and absorb energy from low to high strain rate.

URI

https://hdl.handle.net/11668/20072

Comments

structure of fat||fat tissue||adipose tissue||property of adipose tissue||Compression test

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