Drawing inspiration from examples by analogy can be a powerful tool for innovative design
during conceptual ideation but also carries the risk of negative design outcomes (eg, design …

This article introduces the concept of pulmonary vascular stiffness, discusses its increasingly
recognized importance as a diagnostic marker in the evaluation of pulmonary vascular …

The abdominal aorta (AA) in older individuals can develop an aneurysm, which is of
increasing concern in our ageing population. The structural integrity of the ageing aortic …

The biomechanics of the optic nerve head is assumed to play an important role in ganglion
cell loss in glaucoma. Organized collagen fibrils form complex networks that introduce …

Background Rupture of the cap of a vulnerable plaque present in a coronary vessel may
cause myocardial infarction and death. Cap rupture occurs when the peak cap stress …

Multiple length scales are involved in the development of traumatic brain injury, where the
global mechanics of the head level are responsible for local physiological impairment of …

Understanding the failure and damage mechanisms of soft biological tissue is critical to a
sensitive and specific characterization of tissue injury tolerance and its relation to biological …

Biological tissues are very particular types of materials that have the ability to change their
structure, properties and chemistry in response to external cues. Contractile cells, ie …

An inverse finite element method was developed to determine the anisotropic properties of
bovine cornea from an in vitro inflation experiment. The experiment used digital image …

Instability is a significant concern in total hip arthroplasty (THA), particularly when there is
structural compromise of the capsule due to pre‐existing pathology or due to necessities of …