Mechanics of Biological Systems and Materials, Volume 2

Analysis and Simulation of PTMA Device Deployment Into the Coronary Sinus:.- Impact of Stent Strut Thickness.- Mechanical Identification of Hyperelastic Anisotropic Properties of Mouse Carotid.- Arteries.- An Inverse Method to Determine Material Properties of Soft Tissues.- Estimation of the 3D Residual Strain Field in the Arterial Wall of a Bovine Aorta Using Optical Full-field Measurements and Finite Element Reconstruction.- Estimating Hydraulic Conductivity in Vivo Using Magnetic Resonance Elastography.- Comparison of Iterative and Direct Inversion MR Elastography Algorithms.- Brain Response to Extracranial Pressure Excitation Imaged in vivo by MR.- Elastography.- Mechanical Properties of Abnormal Human Aortic and Mitral Valves.- Bio-prosthetic Heart Valve Stress Analysis: Impacts of Leaflet Properties and Stent Tip Deflection.- Mechanical Properties of Human Saphenous Vein.- The Scleral Inflation Response of Mouse Eyes to Increases in Pressure.- Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Dungeness Crab Exoskeletons.- The Mechanical Properties of Tendril of Climbing Plant.- A Multiscale Triphasic Biomechanical Model for Tumors Classification.- Developing Hyper-viscoelastic Constitutive Models of Porcine Meniscus From Unconfined Compression Test Data.- The Mechanical Performance of Teleost Fish Scales.- Effects of Processing Conditions on Chitosan-hydroxyapatite Biocomposite Mechanical Properties.- Mechanical Properties of a Nanostructured Poly (KAMPS)/Aragonite Composite.- Nanoscale Fracture Resistance Measurement of a Composite Bone Cement.- Impact Resistance of Antibiotic-impregnated Orthopedic Bone Cement.- Use of Nanoindentation for Investigating the Nanostructure of Dentin Tissue.- Epinephrine Upregulates Sickle Trait Erythrocyte Adhesion to Laminin and Integrins.- Organ Culture Modeling of Distraction Osteogenesis.- Mechanical Properties of Tooth Enamel: Microstructural Modeling and Characterization.- A Novel Biomimetic Material Duplicating the Structure

Dr. Tom Proulx is the Executive Director of the Society for Experimental Mechanics, Inc.