Mathematical models and computer simulations have the great potential to substantially
increase our understanding of the biophysical behavior of the neuromuscular system. This …

Finite elasticity theory has been commonly used to model skeletal muscle. A very large
range of heterogeneous constitutive laws has been proposed. In this review, the most widely …

Highly porous materials with random closed-cell architecture combine isotropy with high
stiffness. Yet in practice, the complexity of their manufacturing limits the experimental …

This work presents a novel microstructurally-based, multi-scale model describing the
passive behaviour of skeletal muscle tissue. The model is based on the detailed description …

We investigate numerically via finite element (FE) simulations and analytically the nonlinear
behavior of a soft matrix comprising a large volume fraction (up to 55%) of monodisperse …

A novel multiscale modeling framework for skeletal muscles based on analytical and
numerical homogenization methods is presented to study the mechanical muscle response …

The forces that allow body movement can be divided into active (generated by sarcomeric
contractile proteins) and passive (sustained by intra-sarcomeric proteins, fibre cytoskeleton …

In this contribution we create three-dimensional (3D) finite element models from a series of
histological sections of porcine skeletal muscle tissue. Image registration is performed on …

In this study we examined how the strain energies within a muscle are related to changes in
longitudinal force when the muscle is exposed to an external transverse load. We …

Purpose From the myofibrils to the whole muscle scale, muscle micro-constituents exhibit
passive and active mechanical properties, potentially coupled to electrical, chemical, and …