Constitutive relations are fundamental to the solution of problems in continuum mechanics,
and are required in the study of, for example, mechanically dominated clinical interventions …

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 …

We have formulated the first constitutive model to describe the complete measured planar
biaxial stress–strain relationship of the native and glutaraldehyde-treated aortic valve cusp …

This article provides a critical review of past and current techniques for the computational
modeling of ligaments and tendons. A brief overview of relevant concepts from the fields of …

The tensile stress-strain behavior of ligaments and tendons begins with a toe region that is
believed to result from the straightening of crimped collagen fibrils. The in situ mechanical …

The material behavior of ligament is determined by its constituents, their organization and
their interaction with each other. To elucidate the origins of the multiaxial material behavior …

Subfailure damage in ligaments was evaluated macroscopically from a structural
perspective (referring to the entire ligament as a structure) and microscopically from a …

Computational models are often used as tools to study traumatic brain injury. The fidelity of
such models depends on the incorporation of an appropriate level of structural detail, the …

Recent experiments in rat medial collateral ligament revealed that the rate of stress
relaxation is strain dependent and the rate of creep is stress dependent. This nonlinear …

A physiologic constitutive expression is presented in algorithmic format for the nonlinear
elastic response of wavy collagen fibrils found in soft connective tissues. The model is based …