For many decades, experimental solid mechanics has played a crucial role in characterizing
and understanding the mechanical properties of natural and novel artificial materials …

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 …

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

Soft biological tissues such as aortic walls can be viewed as fibrous composites assembled
by a ground matrix and embedded families of collagen fibres. Changes in the structural …

Soft biological tissues are complex materials with a large structural variety, with differences
in behavior, but with some common characteristics. Skin is an archetypal soft tissue which …

The objective of this paper is to provide a review on some aspects of the mathematical and
computational modelling of skin biophysics, with special focus on constitutive theories based …

The mechanical properties of human aortas are linked to the layered tissue and its
microstructure at different length scales. Each layer has specific mechanical and structural …

Skin is the outermost layer of the body and acts as a primary protective barrier against
external agents such as heat, light, infection, and injury. Additionally, skin regulates the …

This study uses a recently developed phase-field approach to model fracture of arterial walls
with an emphasis on aortic tissues. We start by deriving the regularized crack surface to …

Soft materials play an integral part in many aspects of modern life including autonomy,
sustainability, and human health, and their accurate modeling is critical to understand their …