Mechanics of Biological Systems and Materials, Volume 2, 2011
Proceedings of the 2011 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics
Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series

Mechanics of Biological Systems and Materials represents one of eight volumes of technical papers presented at the Society for Experimental Mechanics Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, held at Uncasville, Connecticut, June 13-16, 2011.  The full set of proceedings also includes volumes on Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials and Processes in Conventional and Multifunctional Materials, MEMS and Nanotechnology; Optical Measurements, Modeling and, Metrology; Experimental and Applied Mechanics, Thermomechanics and Infra-Red Imaging, and Engineering Applications of Residual Stress.

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 and Mechanics of Natural Nacre.- Keynote Presentation (40 minutes).- Adaptive Hybrid Control for Low Resolution Feedback Systems With Application on a Novel Microinjector: Ros-drill.- Design of a Mechatronic Positioner for Holographic Otoscope System.- Characterization of Shape and Deformation of Tympanic Membranes by Dual-wavelength Lensless Digital Holography.- Investigating Mechanical Properties of Porcine Articular Cartilage by Flat Plate Compression Tests.- Characterization of Tendon Mechanics Following Subfailure Damage.- Mechanical Properties of Biological Tissue With Repair.- Modeling Sickle Hemoglobin Fibers as one Chain of Coarse-grained Particles

Collection devoted to Biological Systems and Materials from the Proceedings of the 2011 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras