A biomechanical model for fibril recruitment: Evaluation in tendons and arteries
Simulations of soft tissue mechanobiological behaviour are increasingly important for clinical prediction of aneurysm, tendinopathy and other disorders. Mechanical behaviour at low stretches is governed by fibril straightening, transitioning into load-bearing at recruitment stretch, resulting in a tissue stiffening effect. Previous investigations have suggested theoretical relationships between stress-stretch measurements and recruitment probability density function (PDF) but not derived these rigorously nor evaluated these experimentally. (Source: Journal of Biomechanics)
Source: Journal of Biomechanics - April 2, 2018 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Tim Bevan, Nadege Merabet, Jack Hornsby, Paul N. Watton, Mark S. Thompson Tags: Short communication Source Type: research
Interfacial mechanical behaviour of protein –mineral nanocomposites: a molecular dynamics investigation
Biological composite materials, such as bone, tooth and nacre, are comprised of a mixture of nano-sized hard components (e.g. mineral platelets) and soft components (e.g. protein molecules). Their mechanical behaviour greatly depends on the protein –mineral interfaces. This paper investigates the effects of mineral surface nanostructures on the interfacial interaction and mechanical behaviour of protein–mineral nanocomposites. Interfacial shear between osteopontin (OPN) and hydroxyapatite (HA) mineral layers with surface nanostructures is investigated using the atomistic molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. (Source: Jo...
Source: Journal of Biomechanics - April 2, 2018 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Zheng Bo Lai, Ruixiang Bai, Zhenkun Lei, Cheng Yan Source Type: research
A biomechanical model for fibril recruitment: evaluation in tendons and arteries
Simulations of soft tissue mechanobiological behaviour are increasingly important for clinical prediction of aneurysm, tendinopathy and other disorders. Mechanical behaviour at low stretches is governed by fibril straightening, transitioning into load-bearing at recruitment stretch, resulting in a tissue stiffening effect. Previous investigations have suggested theoretical relationships between stress-stretch measurements and recruitment probability density function (PDF) but not derived these rigorously nor evaluated these experimentally. (Source: Journal of Biomechanics)
Source: Journal of Biomechanics - April 2, 2018 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Tim Bevan, Nadege Merabet, Jack Hornsby, Paul N Watton, Mark S Thompson Tags: Short communication Source Type: research
Corrigendum to “A non-invasive methodology for ATAA rupture risk estimation” [J. Biomech. 66 (2018) 119–126]
The authors regret that in the paper entitled “A non-invasive methodology for ATAA rupture risk estimation”, the following acknowledgement section was missing. (Source: Journal of Biomechanics)
Source: Journal of Biomechanics - March 31, 2018 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: O. Trabelsi, M. Gutierrez, S. Farzaneh, A. Duprey, S. Avril Tags: Corrigendum Source Type: research
