...Sony Manandhar; Hyunggwi Song; Sara G. Moshage; Joshua Craggette; John D. Polk; Mariana E. Kersh Significant effort continues to be made to understand whether differences exist in the structural, compositional, and mechanical properties of cortical bone subjected to different strain modes...

...Derek Q. Nesbitt; Miranda L. Nelson; Kyle S. Shannon; Trevor J. Lujan The calculation of tensile mechanical properties from stress–strain curves is a fundamental step in characterizing material behavior, yet no standardized method exists to perform these calculations for soft tissue. To address...

... pathological conditions. The objective of this study was to investigate the passive mechanical properties and microstructural characteristics of trabeculae carneae and papillary muscles compared to the myocardium in human hearts. Uniaxial tensile tests were performed on samples of trabeculae carneae...

.... , and Walsh , J. T. , 1992 , “ Q-Switched Laser Ablation of Tissue: Plume Dynamics and the Effect of Tissue Mechanical Properties ,” Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. , 1646 , pp. 242 – 253 . 10.1117/12.137466 29 Cummings , J. P. , and Walsh , J. T. , 1993 , “ Tissue Tearing Caused...

... mechanical properties were then measured in mature and newly formed bone tissue. The results are within the range of hardness and apparent Young’s modulus values reported in previous literature. One-way ANOVA test revealed a significant effect of healing time on the indentation modulus (p < 0.001, F...

... , “ John Ferry and the Mechanical Properties of Cross-Linked Fibrin ,” Biophys. Chem. , 112 ( 2-3 ), pp. 215 – 218 . 10.1016/j.bpc.2004.07.043 10 Roska , F. J. , and Ferry J. D. , 1982 , “ Studies of Fibrin Film. I. Stress Relaxation and Birefringence ,” Biopolymers , 21 ( 9 ), pp...

...Maximilien Recuerda; Simon-Pierre Coté; Isabelle Villemure; Delphine Périé The lack of standardization in experimental protocols for unconfined compression tests of intervertebral discs (IVD) tissues is a major issue in the quantification of their mechanical properties. Our hypothesis...

... mechanical properties. These parameters represent the stiffness and the helical orientation of each lamellae fiber and the stiffness of the interlamellar struts interconnecting these lamellae. Other structural features, such as orientational distribution of helical fibers and anisotropy of the interlamellar...

...Mathieu Charlebois; Michael Pretterklieber; Philippe K. Zysset Osteoporosis-related vertebral body fractures involve large compressive strains of trabecular bone. The small strain mechanical properties of the trabecular bone such as the elastic modulus or ultimate strength can be estimated using...

...Cyril J.F. Kahn; Xiong Wang; Rachid Rahouadj Although the mechanical properties of ligament and tendon are well documented in research literature, very few unified mechanical formulations can describe a wide range of different loadings. The aim of this study was to propose a new model, which can...

.... 0743-4863 , 16 ( 4 ), pp. 331 – 384 . Kendall , M. A. F. , Chong , Y. F. , and Cock , A. , 2007 , “ The Mechanical Properties of the Skin Epidermis in Relation to Targeted Gene and Drug Delivery ,” Biomaterials 0142-9612 , 28 ( 33 ), pp. 4968 – 4977 . 10.1016/j.biomaterials...

... analysis mechanical properties porcine tissues Lack of information regarding tissue mechanical properties has been a long-lasting problem in finite element (FE) modeling in biomechanics. Though a reasonable amount of experimental data exist regarding stiffness properties (e.g., elastic and shear...

..., and test dummies, animal model studies can aid in these investigations. This study documents age effects on the mechanical properties of parietal bone and coronal suture in porcine infants and correlates the bending properties of the bone to existing human infant data. Three beam specimens were cut from...

... to possess nonlinear and anisotropic mechanical properties. For these scaffolds to function in vivo, however, they must either recapitulate the full dynamic mechanical range of the native tissue upon implantation or must foster cell infiltration and matrix deposition so as to enable construct maturation...

...Shaneen L. Rowe; Jan P. Stegemann The relationship between microstructural features and macroscopic mechanical properties of engineered tissues was investigated in pure and mixed composite scaffolds consisting of collagen Type I and fibrin proteins containing embedded smooth muscle cells. In order...

... Nondestructive Method ,” Biophys. J. 0006-3495 , 76 ( 5 ), pp. 2784 – 2796 . Kasas , S. , Kis , A. , Riederer , B. M. , Forró , L. , Dietler , G. , and Catsicas , S. , 2004 , “ Mechanical Properties of Microtubules Explored Using the Finite Element Method ,” ChemPhysChem...

...Tao Cheng; Rong Z. Gan, Ph.D. Measurement on mechanical properties of the stapedial tendon in human middle ear has not been reported in the literature. In this paper, we used the material testing system to conduct uniaxial tensile, stress relaxation, and failure tests on stapedial tendon specimens...

...Chi Hyun Kim; Henry Zhang; George Mikhail; Dietrich von Stechow; Ralph Müller; Han Sung Kim; X. Edward Guo Microimaging based finite element analysis is widely used to predict the mechanical properties of trabecular bone. The choice of thresholding technique, a necessary step in converting...

... modulus radiation pressure finite element analysis biorheology biological techniques cell stiffness finite element method cell thickness mechanical properties hyperelastic model It is now widely recognized that cell mechanical properties and the associated level of tensional forces...

...-8415 , 5 , pp. 231 – 236 . Nava , A. , Mazza , E. , Kleinermann , F. , and Avis , N. J. , 2004 , “ Evaluation of the Mechanical Properties of Human Liver and Kidney Through Aspiration Experiments ,” Technol. Health Care 0928-7329 , 12 , pp. 269 – 280 . Armstrong...