Breathing involves fluid-solid interactions in the lung; however, the lack of experimental data
inhibits combining the mechanics of air flow to airway deformation, challenging the …

In this work, a continuum constitutive framework for the mechanical modelling of soft tissues
that incorporates strain rate and temperature dependencies as well as the transverse …

Fiber-reinforced biological soft tissues are often modeled as anisotropic hyperelastic
materials. Four strain invariants can be used to define a strain energy function for soft tissues …

The present work aims to investigate whether it is possible to identify and quantify the
contributions of the interstitial fluid and the solid skeleton to the overall time-dependent …

In this work, a constitutive framework for the mechanical characterization of soft biological
tissues is proposed. Making use of the additive decomposition of the strain energy function …

Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) are a dangerous cardiovascular disease, the
pathogenesis of which is not yet fully understood. In the present work a recent …

The transverse deformations of tendons assessed in tensile tests seems to constitute a
controversial issue in literature. On the one hand, large positive variations of the Poisson's …

Ski boots are known to cause vasoconstriction in the wearer's lower limbs and, thus, cause a
“cold leg” phenomenon. To address this problem, this work provides a computational …

Strain energy densities based on the Seth–Hill strain tensors are often used to describe the
hyperelastic mechanical behaviours of isotropic, transversely isotropic and orthotropic …

The functioning of the neuromuscular system is an important factor for quality of life. With the
aim of restoring neuromuscular function after limb amputation, novel clinical techniques …