An important factor in the transition from an open to a closed circulatory system was a
change in vessel wall structure and composition that enabled the large arteries to store and …

A miscellany of new strategies, experimental techniques and theoretical approaches are
emerging in the ongoing battle against cancer. Nevertheless, as new, ground-breaking …

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 …

The effect of growth in the stability of elastic materials is studied. From a stability perspective,
growth and resorption have two main effects. First a change of mass modifies the geometry …

The past two decades reveal a growing role of continuum biomechanics in understanding
homeostasis, adaptation, and disease progression in soft tissues. In this paper, we briefly …

Mechanics of Solids and Materials intends to provide a modern and integrated treatment of
the foundations of solid mechanics as applied to the mathematical description of material …

Some fundamental issues in the formulation of constitutive theories of material response
based on the multiplicative decomposition of the deformation gradient are reviewed, with …

A general constitutive theory of the stress-modulated growth of biomaterials is presented
with a particular accent given to pseudo-elastic soft living tissues. The governing equations …

A simple phenomenological model is used to study interrelations between material
properties, growth-induced residual stresses, and opening angles in arteries. The artery is …

▪ Abstract The growth and remodeling of a tissue depends on certain features in the history
of its mechanical environment as well as its genetic makeup. The mechanical environment …