Abstract: Collagen is a fibrous protein that is responsible for structural integrity of various connective tissues such as bone, tendon, and skin. The mechanical properties of these hierarchical tissue structures are greatly influenced ...

Abstract: In this work, the swelling behavior of sodium (Na)-montmorillonite clay with increasing amounts of hydration is studied using molecular dynamics. The molecular models of the dry clay and the hydrated clays, consisting of ...

Abstract: In this paper, the development of a multiscale model of collagen fibril is described using a hierarchical approach by combining molecular dynamics simulations and FEM. Steered molecular dynamics was used to investigate the ...