Many soft tissues are naturally made of a matrix and fibres that present some privileged
directions. They are known to support large reversible deformations. The mechanical …

This review article is concerned with the mathematical modelling of the mechanical
properties of the soft biological tissues that constitute the walls of arteries. Many important …

At autopsy, 13 nonstenotic human left anterior descending coronary arteries [71.5±7.3
(mean±SD) yr old] were harvested, and related anamnesis was documented …

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

The main goal of this contribution is to provide a simple method for constructing transversely
isotropic polyconvex functions suitable for the description of biological soft tissues. The …

An approach is proposed that allows the determination of material models from uniaxial tests
and histostructural data including fiber orientation of the tissue. A combination of neo …

Experimental tests on human corneas reveal distinguished reinforcing collagen lamellar
structures that may be well described by a structural constitutive model considering …

A new, computationally efficient method is presented for processing transient thin-film heat
transfer gauge signals. These gauges are widely used in gas turbine heat transfer research …

Biodegradable stents (BRS) offer the potential to improve long-term patency rates by
providing support just long enough for the artery to heal. However, manufacture BRS is …

Vulnerable and stable atherosclerotic plaques are heterogeneous living materials with
peculiar mechanical behaviors depending on geometry, composition, loading and boundary …