[HTML][HTML] Determination of cross-directional and cross-wall variations of passive biaxial mechanical properties of rat myocardia

H Ngwangwa, F Nemavhola, T Pandelani, M Msibi… - Processes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Heart myocardia are critical to the facilitation of heart pumping and blood circulating around
the body. The biaxial mechanical testing of the left ventricle (LV) has been extensively …

[HTML][HTML] Применение гиперупругих моделей для описания поведения разных областей овечьего сердца на основе двухосных механических испытаний

Ф Немавхола, Т Панделани… - Российский журнал …, 2022 - cyberleninka.ru
Сердечная недостаточность остается одной из самых распространенных причин
смерти во всем мире, особенно среди людей старше 60 лет. Чтобы разработать и …

[PDF][PDF] Biomechanical behaviour and hyperelastic model parameters identification of sheep omasum

L Lebea, H Ngwangwa, T Pandelani, F Nemavhola - 2021 - academia.edu
The function of the omasum is incompletely understood; however, the omasum plays an
important role in the transport of appropriately sized feed particles from the reticulorumen to …

An investigation of uniaxial mechanical properties of excised sheep heart muscle fibre–fitting of different hyperelastic constitutive models

F Nemavhola, HM Ngwangwa, T Pandelani - 2021 - preprints.org
This paper presents the investigation of biomechanical behaviour of sheep heart fibre using
uniaxial tests in various samples. Non-linear Finite Element models (FEA) that are utilised in …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental analysis and biaxial biomechanical behaviour of ex-vivo sheep trachea

T Pandelani, H Ngwangwa, F Nemavhola - Frontiers in Materials, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Besides surgery, there are currently no other established methods for routine treatment of
tracheal pathologies such a tracheal stenosis or tracheal and airway tumors. Even with …

[PDF][PDF] Understanding regional mechanics of rat myocardia by fitting hyperelatsic models

F Nemavhola, H Ngwangwa, T Pandelani, N Davies… - 2021 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
Availability of biaxial mechanical data for heart myocardia remains high in demand for the
development of accurate and detailed computational models. The aim of this study is to …

[HTML][HTML] Fitting of hyperelastic constitutive models in different sheep heart regions based on biaxial mechanical tests

F Nemavhola, T Pandelani, H Ngwangwa - Russian journal of …, 2022 - ered.pstu.ru
Heart failure remains one of the leading causes of death especially among people over the
age of 60 years worldwide. To develop effective therapy and suitable replacement materials …

Biaxial estimation of biomechanical constitutive parameters of passive porcine sclera soft tissue

Z Ndlovu, D Desai, T Pandelani… - Applied Bionics and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This study assesses the modelling capabilities of four constitutive hyperelastic material
models to fit the experimental data of the porcine sclera soft tissue. It further estimates the …

Sheep sclera soft tissue subjected to mechanical equi-biaxial testing

Z Ndlovu, D Desai, F Nemavhola, HM Ngwangwa - 2021 - preprints.org
A better understanding of diseases progress in tissues vest on the accurate understanding
of tissues under mechanical loading. Also, development of therapies for injuries may …

Experimental analysis and biaxial biomechanical behaviour of ex-vivo sheep trachea

F Nemavhola, H Ngwangwa, T Pandelani - bioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the mechanical behaviour of the tracheal
tissue under biaxial tensile loading. Furthermore, the study examines the material properties …