Soft structures are capable of undergoing reversible large strains and deformations when
facing different types of loadings. Due to the limitations of linear elastic models, researchers …

Many soft tissues are naturally made of a matrix and fibres that present some privileged
directions. They are known to support large reversible deformations. The mechanical …

This monograph presents a general mathematical theory for biological growth. It provides
both a conceptual and a technical foundation for the understanding and analysis of …

This review article is concerned with the mathematical modelling of the mechanical
properties of the soft biological tissues that constitute the walls of arteries. Many important …

White matter in the brain is structurally anisotropic, consisting largely of bundles of aligned,
myelin-sheathed axonal fibers. White matter is believed to be mechanically anisotropic as …

During severe impact conditions, brain tissue experiences a rapid and complex deformation,
which can be seen as a mixture of compression, tension and shear. Diffuse axonal injury …

The present study deals with the experimental analysis and mechanical modeling of tensile
behavior of brain soft tissue. A transversely isotropic hyperelastic model recently proposed …

A stress-driven model for the relation between the collagen morphology and the loading
conditions in arterial walls is proposed. We assume that the two families of collagen fibers in …

Many biological tissues exhibit a non-standard continuum mechanics behavior: they are
able to modify their placement in absence of external loads. The activity of the muscles is …

Based on fiber reinforced continuum mechanics theory, an anisotropic hyperelastic
constitutive model for the human annulus fibrosus is developed. A strain energy function …