Abstract: A popular framework in continuum mechanics modeling of soft tissues is the use of an additive split of the total strain energy function (W) into the contribution of the isotropic matrix (Wiso) and the anisotropic collagen ...

Abstract: A new dissipation function Wv is devised and presented to capture the rate-dependent mechanical behavior of the semilunar heart valves. Following the experimentally-guided framework introduced in our previous work ...

Abstract: The complex geometry of cancellous bone tissue makes it difficult to generate finite element (FE) models. Only a few studies investigated the convergence behavior at the tissue scale using Cartesian meshes. However, these ...