Residual time of sinusoidal metachronal ciliary flow of non-Newtonian fluid through ciliated walls: fertilization and implantation.

abstract：:A predictive Lagrangian-Eulerian finite element eye model was used to analyze 2.27 and 0.45 kg trinitrotoluene equivalent blasts detonated from 24 different locations. Free air and ground level blasts were simulated directly in front of the eye and at lateral offset locations with box, average, less protective, and mo...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Weaver AA,Stitzel SM,Stitzel JD

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell deformability and mechanical responses of living cells depend closely on the dynamic changes in the structural architecture of the cytoskeleton (CSK). To describe the dynamic reorganization and the heterogeneity of the prestressed multi-modular CSK, we developed a two-dimensional model for the CSK which was taken...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Milan JL,Wendling-Mansuy S,Jean M,Chabrand P

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The superficial femoral artery (SFA) is a typical atherosclerosis-prone site. We aimed to explore whether the tortuosity of the SFA associates with the occurrence of atherosclerosis and investigate how vascular tortuosity influences the characteristics of blood flow. Ten patients diagnosed with atherosclerotic disease...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Li X,Liu X,Li X,Xu L,Chen X,Liang F

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The level of hematocrit (Hct) is known to affect mean arterial pressure (MAP) by influencing blood viscosity. In the healthy population, an increase in Hct (and corresponding increase in viscosity) tends to raise MAP. However, data from a clinical study of type 2 diabetic patients indicate that this relationship is no...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Branigan T,Bolster D,Vázquez BY,Intaglietta M,Tartakovsky DM

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first carpometacarpal (CMC) joint, located at the base of the thumb and formed by the junction between the first metacarpal and trapezium, is a common site for osteoarthritis of the hand. The shape of both the first metacarpal and trapezium contributes to the intrinsic bony stability of the joint, and variability ...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Rusli WMR,Kedgley AE

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanical behavior of most biological soft tissue is nonlinear viscoelastic rather than elastic. Many of the models previously proposed for soft tissue involve ad hoc systems of springs and dashpots or require measurement of time-dependent constitutive coefficient functions. The model proposed here is a system of...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Haslach HW Jr

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Balance is achieved and maintained by a balance system called a labyrinth that is composed of three semicircular canals and the otolith organs that sense linear gravity and acceleration. Within each semicircular canal, there is a gelatinous structure called the cupula, which is deformed under the influence of the surr...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Djukic T,Filipovic N

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We use supersonic shear wave imaging (SSI) technique to measure not only the linear but also the nonlinear elastic properties of brain matter. Here, we tested six porcine brains ex vivo and measured the velocities of the plane shear waves induced by acoustic radiation force at different states of pre-deformation when ...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Jiang Y,Li G,Qian LX,Liang S,Destrade M,Cao Y

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanomechanics of individual collagen fibrils govern the mechanical behavior of the majority of connective tissues, yet the current models lack significant details. Majority of the current models assume a rod-shape molecule with homogenous mechanical properties. Recent X-ray crystallography revealed significantly diffe...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Zhou Z,Minary-Jolandan M,Qian D

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mechanics-based mathematical model of retinal detachment due to the geometric changes of the eye associated with the evolution of myopia is developed. This includes deformation of the retina due to biological growth of the retina, as well as elastic deformation imposed on the retina by the myopic change in shape of ...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Lakawicz JM,Bottega WJ,Fine HF,Prenner JL

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental evidence suggests that interstitial fluid flow is a stimulus for mechanoadaptation in bone. Bone adaptation is sensitive to the frequency of loading and rest insertion between load cycles. We investigated the effects of permeability, frequency and rest insertion on fluid flow in bone using finite-element ...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Pereira AF,Shefelbine SJ

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adherent cells normally apply forces as a generic means of sensing and responding to the mechanical nature of their surrounding environment. How these forces vary as a function of the extracellular rigidity is critical to understanding the regulatory functions that drive important phenomena such as wound healing or mu...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Borau C,Kamm RD,García-Aznar JM

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ventricular growth is widely considered to be an important feature in the adverse progression of heart diseases, whereas reverse ventricular growth (or reverse remodeling) is often considered to be a favorable response to clinical intervention. In recent years, a number of theoretical models have been proposed to mode...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Lee LC,Genet M,Acevedo-Bolton G,Ordovas K,Guccione JM,Kuhl E

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of only a few approved and available anabolic treatments for severe osteoporosis is daily injections of PTH (1-34). This drug has a specific dual action which can act either anabolically or catabolically depending on the type of administration, i.e. intermittent or continuous, respectively. In this paper, we prese...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Lavaill M,Trichilo S,Scheiner S,Forwood MR,Cooper DML,Pivonka P

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of an aortic aneurysm on blood flow waveforms is well established, but how to exploit this link for diagnostic purposes still remains challenging. This work uses a combination of experimental and computational modelling to study how aneurysms of various size affect the waveforms. Experimental studies are...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Sazonov I,Khir AW,Hacham WS,Boileau E,Carson JM,van Loon R,Ferguson C,Nithiarasu P

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A dynamic model is proposed for shear stress induced adenosine triphosphate (ATP) release from endothelial cells (ECs). The dynamic behavior of the ATP/ADP concentration at the endothelial surface by viscous shear flow is investigated through simulation studies based on the dynamic ATP release model. The numerical res...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Qin KR,Xiang C,Xu Z,Cao LL,Ge SS,Jiang ZL

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We propose a multiscale mechanobiological model of bone remodelling to investigate the site-specific evolution of bone volume fraction across the midshaft of a femur. The model includes hormonal regulation and biochemical coupling of bone cell populations, the influence of the microstructure on bone turnover rate, and...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Lerebours C,Buenzli PR,Scheiner S,Pivonka P

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lattice Boltzmann models (LBM) are rapidly showing their ability to simulate a lot of fluid dynamics problems that previously required very complex approaches. This study presents a LBM for simulating diffusion-advection transport of substrate in a 2-D laminar flow. The model considers the substrate influx into a set ...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Moaty Sayed AA,Hussein MA,Becker T

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The calcaneus bone is formed of extensive trabecular bone and is therefore well suited to be used as an example of loaded bone to establish the ability of combining microfinite element (microFE) technique with high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HR-pQCT) in determining its mechanical propertie...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Alsayednoor J,Metcalf L,Rochester J,Dall'Ara E,McCloskey E,Lacroix D

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reopening of fluid-occluded pulmonary airways generates microbubble flows which impart complex hydrodynamic stresses to the epithelial cells lining airway walls. In this study we used boundary element solutions and finite element techniques to investigate how cell rheology influences the deformation and injury of ...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Dailey HL,Ghadiali SN

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Articular cartilages swell and shrink depending on the ionic strength of the electrolyte they are in contact with. This electro-chemo-mechanical coupling is due to the presence of fixed electrical charges on proteoglycans (PGs). In addition, at nonphysiological pH, collagen fibers become charged. Therefore, variation ...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Loret B,Simões FM

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, the heat and flow characteristic of third-grade non-Newtonian biofluids flow through a vertical porous human vessel due to peristaltic wall motion are studied. The third-grade model can describe shear thinning (or shear thickening) and normal stress differences, which is acceptable for biofluids modelin...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Akbarzadeh P

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A computationally efficient method is described for simulating the dynamics of the left ventricle (LV) in three dimensions. LV motion is represented as a combination of a limited number of deformation modes, chosen to represent observed cardiac motions while conserving volume in the LV wall. The contribution of each m...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Hong BD,Moulton MJ,Secomb TW

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Digital models based on finite element (FE) analysis are widely used in orthopaedics to predict the stress or strain in the bone due to bone-implant interaction. The usability of the model depends strongly on the bone material description. The material model that is most commonly used is based on a constant Young's mo...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Henyš P,Čapek L

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mineralized collagen fibrils have been usually analyzed like a two-phase composite material where crystals are considered as platelets that constitute the reinforcement phase. Different models have been used to describe the elastic behavior of the material. In this work, it is shown that when Halpin-Tsai equations are...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Vercher A,Giner E,Arango C,Tarancón JE,Fuenmayor FJ

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inferior vena cava (IVC) filters are medical devices designed to provide a mechanical barrier to the passage of emboli from the deep veins of the legs to the heart and lungs. Despite decades of development and clinical use, IVC filters still fail to prevent the passage of all hazardous emboli. The objective of this st...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Aycock KI,Campbell RL,Manning KB,Craven BA

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human heart is enclosed in the pericardial cavity. The pericardium consists of a layered thin sac and is separated from the myocardium by a thin film of fluid. It provides a fixture in space and frictionless sliding of the myocardium. The influence of the pericardium is essential for predictive mechanical simulati...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Pfaller MR,Hörmann JM,Weigl M,Nagler A,Chabiniok R,Bertoglio C,Wall WA

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Locust wings are able to sustain millions of cycles of mechanical loading during the lifetime of the insect. Previous studies have shown that cross veins play an important role in delaying crack propagation in the wings. Do cross veins thus also influence the fatigue behaviour of the wings? Since many important fatigu...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Rajabi H,Bazargan P,Pourbabaei A,Eshghi S,Darvizeh A,Gorb SN,Taylor D,Dirks JH

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The integrity of articular cartilage depends on the proper functioning and mechanical stimulation of chondrocytes, the cells that synthesize extracellular matrix and maintain tissue health. The biosynthetic activity of chondrocytes is influenced by genetic factors, environmental influences, extracellular matrix compos...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Han SK,Federico S,Grillo A,Giaquinta G,Herzog W

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The controlled cortical impact (CCI) model is widely used in many laboratories to study traumatic brain injury (TBI). Although external impact parameters during CCI tests could be clearly defined, little is known about the internal tissue-level mechanical responses of the rat brain. Furthermore, the external impact pa...

journal_title：Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

authors： Mao H,Yang KH,King AI,Yang K

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00