This review article is concerned with the mathematical modelling of the mechanical
properties of the soft biological tissues that constitute the walls of arteries. Many important …

Collagen is the main load bearing protein in many soft tissues, and in cardiovascular tissues
in particular. In many tissues collagen has a specific architecture that is crucial for the …

OBJECTIVE: Investigation of the predictability of finite element (FE) models regarding
rupture risk assessment of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs). MATERIALS AND …

While it is known that the aorta stiffens with location and age, little is known about the
underlying mechanisms that govern these alterations. The purpose of this study was to …

The elastic strain energy potential for nonlinear fibre-reinforced materials is customarily
obtained by superposition of the potentials of the matrix and of each family of fibres …

The microstructural orientation of vascular wall constituents is of interest to scientists and
clinicians because alterations in their native states are associated with various …

In the present paper, we consider a class of constitutive models based on numerical
integration on the unit sphere. The directional behaviour of the quadrature schemes and its …

The most common approach to treat atherosclerosis in coronary bifurcations is the
provisional side-branch (PSB) stenting, which consists sequentially of the insertion of a stent …

Organized collagen fibrils form complex networks that introduce strong anisotropic and
highly nonlinear attributes into the constitutive response of human eye tissues. Physiological …

This paper is concerned with computational modeling of the respiratory system against the
background of acute lung diseases and mechanical ventilation. Conceptually, we divide the …