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 …

Computational modelling of damage and rupture of non-connective and connective soft
tissues due to pathological and supra-physiological mechanisms is vital in the fundamental …

Fracture of composites consisting of isotropic matrix and anisotropic fibers is an essential
problem in many engineering applications. The computational simulation of such a fracture …

A deeper understanding to predict fracture in soft biological tissues is of crucial importance
to better guide and improve medical monitoring, planning of surgical interventions and risk …

This study uses a recently developed phase-field approach to model fracture of arterial walls
with an emphasis on aortic tissues. We start by deriving the regularized crack surface to …

Aortic dissection occurs frequently and is clinically challenging; the underlying mechanics
remain unclear. The present study investigates the dissection properties of the media of 15 …

This chapter is written with an emphasis on the biomechanical role of collagen in normal
and diseased arterial walls, its structural quantification and its consideration in material …

This work presents a recently developed phase-field model of fracture equipped with
anisotropic crack driving force to model failure phenomena in soft biological tissues at finite …

Spontaneous dissection of the human thoracic aorta is responsible for significant morbidity
and mortality, yet this devastating biomechanical failure process remains poorly understood …

Damage to soft tissues in the human body has been investigated for applications in
healthcare, sports, and biomedical engineering. This paper reviews and classifies damage …