Collagen as the main protein in Extra Cellular Matrix (ECM) is the main load-bearing
component of fibrous tissues. Nanostructure and architecture of collagen fibrils play an …

Understanding the damage and failure of load-carrying soft biological tissue is critical in the
effectual treatment of injury and disease. The difficulty in experimentally identifying the …

Tendons play a pivotal role in facilitating joint movement by transmitting muscular forces to
bones. The intricate hierarchical structure and diverse material composition of tendons …

Microstructural models of soft-tissue deformation are important in applications including
artificial tissue design and surgical planning. The basis of these models, and their …

Tendons are crucial connective tissues made almost entirely of bundles of long, near-
parallel collagen fibrils, and are vitally important to skeletal stability and mechanical function …

The fracture of vascular tissue, and load-bearing soft tissue in general, is relevant to various
biomechanical and clinical applications, from the study of traumatic injury and disease to the …

Load-carrying soft biological tissues exhibit a wide range of complex time-dependent,
damage, and fracture mechanical properties. An effective comprehension of such behaviour …

Tendons and ligaments are fibrous soft tissues which are vital for the structural and
mechanical integrity of the human body. They possess a unique hierarchical microstructure …

Collagen is the main load-bearing component of the peripapillary sclera (PPS) and lamina
cribrosa (LC) in the eye. Whilst it has been shown that uncrimping and recruitment of the …