Collagen fibres within fibrous soft biological tissues such as artery walls, cartilage,
myocardiums, corneas and heart valves are responsible for their anisotropic mechanical …

Collagen is the most abundant protein in mammals, often serving as the main load bearing
constituent in soft tissues. Collagen undergoes continuous remodeling processes in which …

Introduction Aim of this study is to validate some constitutive models by assessing their
capabilities in describing and predicting uniaxial and biaxial behavior of porcine aortic …

Soft tissues account for a major fraction of the body volume and mass. They are present in
all non-skeletal organs, being responsible for protecting the body, maintaining internal …

Fiber dispersion in collagenous soft tissues has an important influence on the mechanical
response, and the modeling of the collagen fiber architecture and its mechanics has …

This study compares two models that are used to describe the elastic properties of fiber-
reinforced materials with dispersed fibers, in particular some soft biological tissues such as …

Blood clots are fundamental to preventing excessive blood loss in cases of vascular injury
and to promoting subsequent wound healing, but also to many disease conditions. The …

There are two polar contemporary approaches to the constitutive modeling of arterial wall
with anisotropy induced by collagen fibers. The first one is based on the angular integration …

Extracranial carotid artery aneurysms (ECCA) lead to rupture and neurologic symptoms from
embolisation, with potentially fatal outcomes. Investigating the biomechanical behaviour of …

We present a framework for considering the gradual recruitment of collagen fibers in
hyperelastic constitutive modeling. An effective stretch, which is a response variable …