Abstract
With the ever evolving research in the mechanical identities of live tissues, further development in the area of theoretical cord mechanics is necessary in order to model such structures as tendons and ligaments. The major disadvantage with the current status in cord mechanics is that it is only possible to analyze a helically wound structure, such as a tendon or ligament, if the geometrical attributes of the material are known. This disadvantage can be overcome if a technique can be developed to optimize the geometrical properties of a material by knowing the material properties, the available force in the deflected structure, the design stress for the model, and the bending moment. Geometric optimization will develop by, in essence, deriving the theory of cords in reverse.
