In this review, we compare the reported values of Young's modulus (YM) obtained from
indentation and tensile deformations of soft biological tissues. When the method of …

Finite element analysis is a powerful tool routinely used to study complex biological systems.
For the last four decades, the lumbar intervertebral disc has been the focus of many such …

The mechanical properties of the skin determine tissue function and regulate dermal cell
behavior. Yet measuring these properties remains challenging, as evidenced by the large …

An electro-chemo-mechanical formulation of ion transport in solid electrolytes, in particular
for binary systems, is presented. Starting with conservation laws and the second law of …

The biomechanical characterization of human brain tissue and the development of
appropriate mechanical models is crucial to provide realistic computational predictions that …

Miscible multi-component materials like classical mixtures as well as immiscible materials
like saturated and partially saturated porous media can be successfully described on the …

Fracture toughness characterizes the ability of a material to maintain a certain level of
strength despite the presence of a macroscopic crack. Understanding this tolerance for …

The aim of functional tissue engineering is to repair and replace tissues that have a
biomechanical function, ie, connective orthopaedic tissues. To do this, it is necessary to …

Finite element (FE) models are advantageous in the study of intervertebral disc mechanics
as the stress–strain distributions can be determined throughout the tissue and the applied …

The present study investigates the layer-specific mechanical behavior of human skin.
Motivated by skin's histology, a biphasic model is proposed which differentiates between …