Fibrous nonlinear elasticity enables positive mechanical feedback between cells and ECMs

MS Hall, F Alisafaei, E Ban, X Feng… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
In native states, animal cells of many types are supported by a fibrous network that forms the
main structural component of the ECM. Mechanical interactions between cells and the 3D …

Long-range force transmission in fibrous matrices enabled by tension-driven alignment of fibers

H Wang, AS Abhilash, CS Chen, RG Wells… - Biophysical journal, 2014 - cell.com
Cells can sense and respond to mechanical signals over relatively long distances across
fibrous extracellular matrices. Recently proposed models suggest that long-range force …

A robust anisotropic hyperelastic formulation for the modelling of soft tissue

DR Nolan, AL Gower, M Destrade, RW Ogden… - Journal of the …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The Holzapfel–Gasser–Ogden (HGO) model for anisotropic hyperelastic behaviour
of collagen fibre reinforced materials was initially developed to describe the elastic …

Fully-coupled fluid-structure interaction simulation of the aortic and mitral valves in a realistic 3D left ventricle model

W Mao, A Caballero, R McKay, C Primiano, W Sun - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
In this study, we present a fully-coupled fluid-structure interaction (FSI) framework that
combines smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) and nonlinear finite element (FE) method …

Fluid–structure interaction study of transcatheter aortic valve dynamics using smoothed particle hydrodynamics

W Mao, K Li, W Sun - Cardiovascular engineering and technology, 2016 - Springer
Computational modeling of heart valve dynamics incorporating both fluid dynamics and
valve structural responses has been challenging. In this study, we developed a novel fully …

Comparison of transcatheter aortic valve and surgical bioprosthetic valve durability: a fatigue simulation study

C Martin, W Sun - Journal of biomechanics, 2015 - Elsevier
Transcatheter aortic valve (TAV) intervention is now the standard-of-care treatment for
inoperable patients and a viable alternative treatment option for high-risk patients with …

Computational modeling of wound suture: a review

A Chanda, T Ruchti… - IEEE reviews in …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Suturing is an acquired skill which is based on a surgeon's experience. To date, no two
sutures are the same with respect to the type of knot, tension, or suture material. With …

Abaqus implementation of a thermodynamically consistent constitutive model for non-linear response of compressible filled rubbers used in green tyres and rolling …

F Abraham, M Pandey, K Kannan - Constitutive models for rubber …, 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
Literature reveals that almost 35% of the annual fuel consumed by a heavy vehicle is utilized
to overcome rolling resistance of tyres. This dissipated energy adds to the annual carbon …

Modeling of human intervertebral disc annulus fibrosus with complex multi-fiber networks

F Ghezelbash, AH Eskandari, A Shirazi-Adl… - Acta biomaterialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Collagen fibers within the annulus fibrosus (AF) lamellae are unidirectionally aligned with
alternating orientations between adjacent layers. AF constitutive models often combine two …

A hyperelastic biphasic fibre-reinforced model of articular cartilage considering distributed collagen fibre orientations: continuum basis, computational aspects and …

DM Pierce, T Ricken, GA Holzapfel - Computer methods in …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Cartilage is a multi-phase material composed of fluid and electrolytes (68–85% by wet
weight), proteoglycans (5–10% by wet weight), chondrocytes, collagen fibres and other …