The mechanical properties of soft tissues play a key role in studying human injuries and their
mitigation strategies. While such properties are indispensable for computational modelling …

Soft structures are capable of undergoing reversible large strains and deformations when
facing different types of loadings. Due to the limitations of linear elastic models, researchers …

Many biomaterials have been developed which aim to match the elastic modulus of the
brain for improved interfacing. However, other properties such as ultimate toughness, tensile …

In the 21st century, trauma injury due to direct head impact in accidents and collisions or
blast exposure is the most important research area, which is poorly understood to date. Due …

The Ogden model is often considered as a standard model in the literature for application to
the deformation of brain tissue. Here, we show that, in some of those applications, the use of …

Brain tissue is considered to be biphasic, with approximately 80% liquid and 20% solid
matrix, thus exhibiting viscoelasticity due to rearrangement of the solid matrix and …

A structurally motivated three-parameter strain energy function W is presented in this paper
for application to the constitutive modelling of various types of incompressible isotropic …

A comprehensive model, ie, a model that:(i) suitably captures the mechanical behaviour of
various types of rubber-like materials;(ii) describes the constitutive behaviour of a subject …

The identification of material parameters accurately describing the region-dependent
mechanical behavior of human brain tissue is crucial for computational models used to …

The regional mechanical properties of brain tissue are not only key in the context of brain
injury and its vulnerability towards mechanical loads, but also affect the behavior and …