Mechanics of Biological Systems and Materials, Volume 2

Mechanics of Biological Systems and Materials, Volume 2	4
Preface	6
Contents	8
Analysis and Simulation of PTMA Device Deployment into the Coronary Sinus: Impact of Stent Strut Thickness	12
Mechanical identification of hyperelastic anisotropic properties of mouse carotid arteries	22
An Inverse Method to Determine Material Properties of Soft Tissues	29
Estimation of the 3D residual strain field in the arterial wall of a bovine aorta using optical full-field measurements and finite element reconstruction	43
Estimating Hydraulic Conductivity in Vivo Using Magnetic Resonance Elastography	51
Comparison of Iterative and Direct Inversion MR Elastography Algorithms	59
Brain Response to Extracranial Pressure Excitation Imaged in vivo by MR Elastography	67
Mechanical Properties of Abnormal Human Aortic and Mitral Valves	75
Bio-prosthetic Heart Valve Stress Analysis: Impacts of Leaflet Properties and Stent Tip Deflection	83
Mechanical Properties of Human Saphenous Vein	89
The Scleral Inflation Response of Mouse Eyes to Increases in Pressure.	96
Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Dungeness Crab Exoskeletons	102
The Mechanical Properties of Tendril of Climbing Plant	109
A Multiscale Triphasic Biomechanical Model for Tumors’ Classification	113
Developing Hyper-Viscoelastic Constitutive Models of Porcine Meniscus from Unconfined Compression Test Data	118
The Mechanical Performance of Teleost Fish Scales	123
Effects of Processing Conditions on Chitosan-Hydroxyapatite Biocomposite Mechanical Properties	130
Mechanical Properties of a Nanostructured Poly (KAMPS)/aragonite Composite	136
Nanoscale Fracture Resistance Measurement of a Composite Bone Cement	142
Impact Resistance of Antibiotic-Impregnated Orthopedic Bone Cement	149
Use of Nanoindentation for Investigating the Nanostructure of Dentin Tissue	156
Epinephrine Upregulates Sickle Trait Erythrocyte Adhesion to Laminin and Integrins	162
Organ culture modeling of distraction osteogenesis	166
Mechanical Properties of Tooth Enamel: Microstructural Modeling and Characterization	173
A Novel Biomimetic Material Duplicating the Structure and Mechanics of Natural Nacre	182
Adaptive Hybrid Control for Low Resolution Feedback Systems with Application on a Novel Microinjector: Ros-drill	189
Design of a mechatronic positioner for a holographic otoscope system	192
Characterization of Shape and Deformation of Tympanic Membranes by Dual- wavelengthLensless Digital Holography	198
Investigating Mechanical Properties of Porcine Articular Cartilage by Flat Plate Compression Tests	207
Characterization of Tendon Mechanics Following Subfailure Damage	211
Modeling sickle hemoglobin fibers as one chain of coarse-grained particles	216

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