.... These results are consistent with the experimental reports. This work suggests the possible role of slip bonds in cellular reorientation upon cyclic stretch. Biomechanics Computational mechanics Statistical Mechanics Under physiological conditions, cells within blood vessels are subjected...

... legs. In biomechanics, a human is not only an actuator generating walking forces but is also a complex dynamic system. It has been shown that a bipedal model consisting of a lumped mass supported by spring limbs and a damper can be tuned to simulate periodic human walking behavior [ 22–24...

... the presented example where F is 61%. The porosity is 3.69%. Both quantities F and P lie between 0 and 1. F and P will be strictly enforced in the model. 03 03 2010 12 07 2011 08 12 2011 08 12 2011 biomechanics bone crystal microstructure elastic constants elasticity...

... by studying the extension of a squid tentacle during a strike to catch prey. The behavior of parallel-fibered and pennate muscles, as well as the human semitendinosus muscle, is studied. 28 10 2010 28 02 2011 02 03 2011 14 04 2011 14 04 2011 biomechanics composite materials...

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... cell signaling focal adhesions actin/myosin contractility adhesion biomechanics cellular biophysics feedback 07 05 2010 07 10 2010 23 02 2011 12 04 2011 12 04 2011 2011 American Society of Mechanical Engineers ...

... is less dependent on the fiber orientation to the loading direction. Yamada , H. , 1970 , Strength of Biological Materials , Williams and Wilkins , Baltimore . Fung , Y. C. , 1993 , Biomechanics: Mechanical Properties of Living Tissues , 2nd ed. , Springer-Verlag , New York...

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... is identical to a nonreinforced membrane. 20 04 2007 22 06 2008 05 11 2008 biological tissues biomechanics biomembranes deformation fibres The importance of mechanical properties of elastic membranes is nowhere more evident than in nature where the study of morphology...

... force on the order of 100 pN . The relatively stiff microtubules and compliant cytoplasm are combined to provide a scaffold for compressive force. 20 12 2007 22 05 2008 21 08 2008 biomechanics buckling cellular biophysics elasticity viscoelasticity It is believed...

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... by existing bifurcation models. 09 11 2005 17 01 2007 stainless steel biomedical materials prosthetics biomechanics necking tensile strength plasticity bifurcation Coronary stents are tubular metal (typically, 316L stainless steel) scaffold devices used in the treatment...

... the extrusion of the edges (dog-ear formation). 29 06 2005 26 06 2006 biomechanics biomembranes surgery elasticity tensile strength physiological models skin finite element analysis wrinkling biological membranes finite strains constitutive modeling relaxed energy density...

... stability is guaranteed by perturbation of the inverse. 03 12 2004 19 12 2005 kinematics mechanical contact state-space methods nonlinear control systems Lyapunov methods stability force feedback biomechanics legged locomotion Three problems associated with rigid body...

... pretension is found to increase the initial modulus and decrease the limiting extensibility of the networked membrane. 17 05 2005 30 09 2005 biomembranes lipid bilayers cellular biophysics blood proteins molecular biophysics biomechanics deformation physiological models stress...

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... 2003 24 March 2004 09 11 2004 biomedical materials prosthetics blood vessels deformation stress measurement elastic constants pressure measurement biomechanics Metallic stents and stent grafts are commonly used to treat cardiovascular diseases such as occlusions...

... stress effects bending pressure measurement blood vessels prosthetics biomedical materials biomechanics In Part I, 1 , we examined the response of a woven metallic stent to internal and external pressure. A mathematical model of the pressure-diameter relationship was obtained based...