Abstract: We present a new theoretically motivated experimental approach for identifying the functional form of a constitutive relation for any nonlinear, anisotropic pseudoelastic biological membrane. The ...

Abstract: In the first paper of this series, we proposed a new transversely isotropic pseudostrain-energy function W for describing the biomechanical behavior of excised noncontracting myocardium. The ...

Abstract: The specific aim of this study is to determine a constitutive relation for non-contracting myocardium in terms of a pseudostrain-energy function W whose form is guided by both theory and ...

Abstract: A three-dimensional constitutive law is proposed for the myocardium. Its formulation is based on a structural approach in which the total strain energy of the tissue is the sum of the strain ...