ABSTRACT A viper injecting venom into a target, a mantis shrimp harpooning a fish, a
cactus dispersing itself via spines attaching to passing mammals; all these are examples of …

Brain tissue is one of the most complex and softest tissues in the human body. Due to its
ultrasoft and biphasic nature, it is difficult to control the deformation state during …

In this paper, we have introduced a compressible hyper-viscoelastic constitutive model for
human brain tissue. The model is calibrated with the reported experimental data from …

Although blast-induced traumatic brain injury (b-TBI) is well recognized for its significance in
the military population, the unique mechanisms of primary b-TBI remain undefined. The aim …

Knowing the precise material properties of intracranial head organs is crucial for studying
the biomechanics of head injury. It has been shown that these biological tissues are …

Almost all studies of traumatic brain injuries have only focused on the maximum acceleration
associated with the impact. However, it has been noted that other impact characteristics …

In this paper, a constitutive modeling framework was introduced to characterize the time-
dependent behavior in poly (lactic acid) reinforced by cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs). The …

Phenotypic diversity is influenced by physical laws that govern how an organism's
morphology relates to functional performance. To study comparative organismal biology, we …

Background Cranial pia mater, the innermost layer of the meninges, protects the central
nervous system by tightly wrap** the brain and dam** the external impact force to the …

Abstract Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) affects a significant portion of athletes in
contact sports but is difficult to quantify using clinical examinations and modeling …