Material properties in unconfined compression of gelatin hydrogel for skin tissue engineering applications

A Karimi, M Navidbakhsh - Biomedical Engineering/Biomedizinische …, 2014 - degruyter.com
Gelatin (Gel) has been reported as a promising candidate in tissue engineering owing to its
easy availability, biocompatibility, and biodegradability. Gel hydrogel is of potential to be …

A computational fluid-structure interaction model for plaque vulnerability assessment in atherosclerotic human coronary arteries

A Karimi, M Navidbakhsh, R Razaghi… - Journal of Applied …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
Coronary artery disease is responsible for a third of global deaths worldwide. Computational
simulations of blood flow can be used to understand the interactions of artery/plaque and …

A nonlinear finite element simulation of balloon expandable stent for assessment of plaque vulnerability inside a stenotic artery

A Karimi, M Navidbakhsh, H Yamada… - Medical & biological …, 2014 - Springer
The stresses induced on plaque wall during stent implantation inside a stenotic artery are
associated with plaque rupture. The stresses in the plaque–artery–stent structure appear to …

[HTML][HTML] Preparation of self-supporting bagasse cellulose nanofibrils hydrogels induced by zinc ions

P Lu, R Liu, X Liu, M Wu - Nanomaterials, 2018 - mdpi.com
Cellulose hydrogels are often prepared from native cellulose through a direct cellulose
dissolution approach that often involves tedious process and solvent recovery problems. A …

Plaque and arterial vulnerability investigation in a three-layer atherosclerotic human coronary artery using computational fluid-structure interaction method

A Karimi, M Navidbakhsh, R Razaghi - Journal of Applied Physics, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
Coronary artery disease is the common form of cardiovascular diseases and known to be
the main reason of deaths in the world. Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI) simulations can be …

A comparative finite element simulation of locking compression plate materials for tibial fracture treatment

S Beirami, M Nikkhoo, K Hassani… - Computer methods in …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The locking compression plate (LCP) system has several advantages in fracture fixation
combining angular stability with the use of locking screws with traditional fixation techniques …

A lumped parameter mathematical model to analyze the effects of tachycardia and bradycardia on the cardiovascular system

M Abdi, A Karimi, M Navidbakhsh… - … Journal of Numerical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, the cardiovascular system and heart hemodynamic performance are modeled
using lumped method (electrical analogy) to evaluate the effects of abnormal heartbeats on …

A finite element study of balloon expandable stent for plaque and arterial wall vulnerability assessment

A Karimi, M Navidbakhsh, R Razaghi - Journal of Applied Physics, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
The stresses induced within plaque tissues and arterial layers during stent expansion inside
an atherosclerotic artery can be exceeded from the yield stresses of those tissues and …

A combination of histological analyses and uniaxial tensile tests to determine the material coefficients of the healthy and atherosclerotic human coronary arteries

A Karimi, M Navidbakhsh, A Shojaei - Tissue and Cell, 2015 - Elsevier
Atherosclerosis is considered as the most severe form of cardiovascular diseases as it alters
the structure of the elastin and collagen and, consequently, the mechanical properties of the …

Mechanical characterization of the rat and mice skin tissues using histostructural and uniaxial data

A Karimi, SM Rahmati, M Navidbakhsh - Bioengineered, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The skin tissue has been shown to behave like a nonlinear anisotropic material. This study
was aimed to employ a constitutive fiber family equation to characterize the nonlinear …