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 constitutive behavior of polymeric materials is often modeled by finite linear viscoelastic
(FLV) or quasi-linear viscoelastic (QLV) models. These popular models are simplifications …

Drawing inspiration from examples by analogy can be a powerful tool for innovative design
during conceptual ideation but also carries the risk of negative design outcomes (eg, design …

Background Musculoskeletal soft tissues, such as articular cartilage, ligaments, knee
meniscus and intervertebral disk, have a complex structure, which provides elasticity and …

This chapter is written with an emphasis on the biomechanical role of collagen in normal
and diseased arterial walls, its structural quantification and its consideration in material …

OBJECTIVES: The aim of the present work was, by means of a combined experimental and
numerical approach, to investigate the full-field distributions of displacement, stress and …

OBJECTIVE: This review is intended to highlight and discuss discrepancies in the literature
of the periodontal ligament's (PDL) mechanical properties and the various analytical models …

This paper offers a reappraisal of Fung's model for quasi-linear viscoelasticity. It is shown
that a number of negative features exhibited in other works, commonly attributed to the Fung …

Efficient and accurate techniques for simulation of soft tissue deformation are an
increasingly valuable tool in many areas of medical image computing, such as …