Aortic mechanical and structural characteristics have profound effects on pathophysiology,
but many aspects of physiologic stress-stretch state and intramural changes due to aging …

Wall stress estimation through biomechanical simulations represents a promising tool to
support aneurysm risk stratification and has the potential to provide a more individual risk …

Human saphenous vein has long been used as coronary artery bypass grafts to survive a
heart arrested by blocked coronary arteries. Biomechanical properties of the saphenous …

Background Common respiratory illnesses, such as emphysema and chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease, are characterized by connective tissue damage and remodeling. Two …

Nowadays the most common approach to model elastic behavior at large strains is through
hyperelasticity. Hyperelastic models usually specify the shape of the stored energy function …

For more than half a century, scientists have developed mathematical models to understand
the behavior of the human heart. Today, we have dozens of heart tissue models to choose …

A reliable computational model of the human head is necessary for better understanding of
the physical mechanisms of traumatic brain injury (TBI), car-crash investigation …

The cranial meninges have been shown to play a pivotal role in traumatic brain injury
mechanopathology. However, while the mechanical response of the brain and its many …

Biomechanical experiments help link tissue morphology with load-deformation
characteristics. A tissue-dependent minimum sample number is indispensable to obtain …

The study of damage and rupture of soft tissues using a tensile testing system is essential to
understand the limits of mechanical behavior and loss of function in diseased tissues …