The mechanical behavior of skin: Structures and models for the finite element analysis

JM Benítez, FJ Montáns - Computers & Structures, 2017 - Elsevier
Soft biological tissues are complex materials with a large structural variety, with differences
in behavior, but with some common characteristics. Skin is an archetypal soft tissue which …

Data-driven modeling and learning in science and engineering

FJ Montáns, F Chinesta, R Gómez-Bombarelli… - Comptes Rendus …, 2019 - Elsevier
In the past, data in which science and engineering is based, was scarce and frequently
obtained by experiments proposed to verify a given hypothesis. Each experiment was able …

Macro-micro mechanical properties and reinforcement mechanism of alkali-resistant glass fiber-reinforced concrete under alkaline environments

C Zhang, Z Zhu, S Wang, J Zhang - Construction and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
As a reinforced composite material, alkali-resistant glass fiber-reinforced concrete (AR-
GFRC) has been extensively applied in large-scale projects due to its advantages such as …

Nonlinear anisotropic viscoelasticity

S Sadik, A Yavari - Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 2024 - Elsevier
In this paper, we revisit the mathematical foundations of nonlinear viscoelasticity. We study
the underlying geometry of viscoelastic deformations, and in particular, the intermediate …

[HTML][HTML] A constitutive model for amorphous thermoplastics from low to high strain rates: Formulation and computational aspects

AFC Alves, BP Ferreira, FMA Pires - International Journal of Plasticity, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, a recently proposed finite strain visco-elastic visco-plastic (three-dimensional)
constitutive model is extended to predict the nonlinear response of amorphous polymers …

Modelling the influence of magnetic fields to the viscoelastic behaviour of soft magnetorheological elastomers under finite strains

B Wang, R Bustamante, L Kari, H Pang… - International journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Isotropic soft magneto-rheological elastomers (s-MRE) are polymer-based composites
where magnetically soft particles are randomly distributed in the elastomer matrix. Under a …

[HTML][HTML] An efficient finite strain constitutive model for amorphous thermoplastics: Fully implicit computational implementation and optimization-based parameter …

BP Ferreira, AFC Alves, FMA Pires - Computers & Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, a new visco-elastic visco-plastic (three-dimensional) constitutive model is
consistently formulated under isothermal conditions to describe the nonlinear behavior of …

WYPIWYG hyperelasticity for isotropic, compressible materials

J Crespo, M Latorre, FJ Montáns - Computational Mechanics, 2017 - Springer
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 …

A mechanobiologically equilibrated constrained mixture model for growth and remodeling of soft tissues

M Latorre, JD Humphrey - ZAMM‐Journal of Applied …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Growth and remodeling of soft tissues is a dynamic process and several theoretical
frameworks have been developed to analyze the time‐dependent, mechanobiological …

Understanding the need of the compression branch to characterize hyperelastic materials

M Latorre, E De Rosa, FJ Montáns - International Journal of Non-Linear …, 2017 - Elsevier
Soft biological tissues are frequently modeled as hyperelastic materials. Hyperelastic
behavior is typically ensured by the assumption of a stored energy function with a pre …