Model selection and sensitivity analysis in the biomechanics of soft tissues: A case study on the human knee meniscus

E Elmukashfi, G Marchiori, M Berni, G Cassiolas… - Advances in applied …, 2022 - Elsevier
Soft tissues—such as ligaments and tendons—primarily consist of solid (collagen,
predominantly) and liquid phases. Understanding the interaction between such components …

[HTML][HTML] On the characteristics of natural hydraulic dampers: An image-based approach to study the fluid flow behaviour inside the human meniscal tissue

J Waghorne, FP Bonomo, A Rabbani, D Bell, O Barrera - Acta Biomaterialia, 2024 - Elsevier
The meniscal tissue is a layered material with varying properties influenced by collagen
content and arrangement. Understanding the relationship between structure and properties …

The functionally grading elastic and viscoelastic properties of the body region of the knee meniscus

J Maritz, G Agustoni, K Dragnevski, SPA Bordas… - Annals of Biomedical …, 2021 - Springer
The knee meniscus is a highly porous structure which exhibits a grading architecture
through the depth of the tissue. The superficial layers on both femoral and tibial sides are …

The human meniscus behaves as a functionally graded fractional porous medium under confined compression conditions

R Bulle, G Alotta, G Marchiori, M Berni, NF Lopomo… - Applied sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this study, we observe that the poromechanical parameters in human meniscus vary
spatially throughout the tissue. The response is anisotropic and the porosity is functionally …

A unified modelling and simulation for coupled anomalous transport in porous media and its finite element implementation

O Barrera - Computational Mechanics, 2021 - Springer
This paper presents an unified mathematical and computational framework for mechanics-
coupled “anomalous” transport phenomena in porous media. The anomalous diffusion is …

[HTML][HTML] On the fractional transversely isotropic functionally graded nature of soft biological tissues: Application to the meniscal tissue

S Gunda, S Natarajan, O Barrera - Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper focuses on the origin of the poroelastic anisotropic behaviour of the meniscal
tissue and its spatially varying properties. We present confined compression creep test …

Region-and layer-specific investigations of the human menisci using SHG imaging and biaxial testing

B Rasheed, V Ayyalasomayajula… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
In this paper, we examine the region-and layer-specific collagen fiber morphology via
second harmonic generation (SHG) in combination with planar biaxial tension testing to …

The applicability of transperceptual and deep learning approaches to the study and mimicry of complex cartilaginous tissues

J Waghorne, C Howard, H Hu, J Pang… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: Complex soft tissues, such as knee meniscus, play a crucial role in mobility and
joint health but are incredibly difficult to repair and replace when damaged. This difficulty is …

A posteriori error estimation for finite element approximations of fractional Laplacian problems and applications to poro–elasticity

R Bulle - 2022 - orbilu.uni.lu
This manuscript is concerned with a posteriori error estimation for the finite element
discretization of standard and fractional partial differential equations as well as an …

On the fractional transversely isotropic functionally graded nature of soft biological tissues

S Gunda, S Natarajan, O Barrera - arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.02032, 2023 - arxiv.org
This paper focuses on the origin of the poroelastic anisotropic behaviour of the meniscal
tissue and its spatially varying properties. We present confined compression creep test …