A constitutive model for transversely isotropic dispersive materials

A Amendola, J de Castro Motta… - … of the Royal …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Due to their intrinsic complexity, it is not easy to model the mechanical behaviour of
biomaterials. Despite the challenges they faced, some researchers have presented …

Extension, inflation and torsion of a residually stressed circular cylindrical tube

J Merodio, RW Ogden - Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics, 2016 - Springer
In this paper, we provide a new example of the solution of a finite deformation boundary-
value problem for a residually stressed elastic body. Specifically, we analyse the problem of …

Bulging initiation and propagation in fiber-reinforced swellable Mooney–Rivlin membranes

H Topol, MJ Al-Chlaihawi, H Demirkoparan… - Journal of engineering …, 2021 - Springer
This article considers a thin-walled hollow cylinder, which is composed of a fibrous and
swellable hyperelastic material. The fibers are arranged in two families and they are taken to …

Bifurcation of Fiber-Reinforced Cylindrical Membranes under‎ Extension, Inflation, and Swelling

H Topol, MJ Al-Chlaihawi, H Demirkoparan… - Journal of Applied and …, 2023 - jacm.scu.ac.ir
We analyze bifurcation for a cylindrical membrane capable of swelling subjected to
combined axial loading and internal pressure. The material is conceptualized as an isotropic …

Application of sensitivity analysis in extension, inflation, and torsion of residually stressed circular cylindrical tubes

H Asghari, H Topol, B Markert, J Merodio - Probabilistic Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper deals with applying two main sensitivity analysis (SA) methods, namely, the
Sobol method and the Fourier Amplitude Sensitivity Test (FAST) method on the problem of …

Bulging bifurcation of inflated circular cylinders of doubly fiber-reinforced hyperelastic material under axial loading and swelling

H Demirkoparan, J Merodio - Mathematics and Mechanics of …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
In this paper, we examine the influence of swelling on the bulging bifurcation of inflated thin-
walled cylinders under axial loading. We provide the bifurcation criteria for a membrane …

On prismatic and bending bifurcations of fiber-reinforced elastic membranes under swelling with application to aortic aneurysms

MJ Al-Chlaihawi, H Topol… - … and Mechanics of …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The influence of swelling on prismatic and bending bifurcation modes of inflated thin-walled
cylinders under axial loading is examined. The bifurcation criteria for a membrane cylinder …

Remarks on bifurcation of an inflated and extended swellable isotropic tube

S Moradalizadeh, H Topol… - … and Mechanics of …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
We consider a tubular membrane whose mechanical behavior is defined by a strain energy
density function that combines the neo-Hookean model with the Demiray model. Both, the …

Physical forces drive C. elegans embryonic deformation

T Wang, MB Amar - International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 2024 - Elsevier
The abnormal development of embryos is closely linked to abnormal cell division and
elongation, but the underlying mechanism remains to be elucidated. The embryonic …

Coupling among deformation, fluid flow, structural reorganisation and fibre reorientation in fibre-reinforced, transversely isotropic biological tissues

E Crevacore, S Di Stefano, A Grillo - International Journal of Non-Linear …, 2019 - Elsevier
We highlight some mechanical aspects of the coupling among deformation, fluid flow,
structural evolution, and reorientation of fibres in fibre-reinforced, hydrated, soft biological …