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Soft Tissue Biomechanics

The field soft tissue biomechanics focuses on the mechanics of soft biological tissues and biomedical materials and structures. It is the newest research field within the Technical Focus Biomechanical Engineering and is currently under development.

Methodologies

Objectives

Figure 1 Digital image correlation: setup for uniaxial stress tests on polymeric membranes: local strain analysis is done by digital image correlation (DIC)
Figure 2 Experimental analyses and computational modeling: a) experimental setup for planar tension testing using a system for digital image correlation (DIC), b) soft solid liquid composite sample, c,d) experimental e),f) numerical local strain distribution at 10% global nominal strain
Figure 3 Unconventional test-setups: setup for organ insufflation tests: a porcine kidney is insufflated with physiological solution; the pressure in the organ is measured for controlled insufflated volumes.
Figure 4 Mechanical biocompatibility and mechanobiology of pelvic floor meshes: a) anatomy of the female pelvic floor with a representative mesh implantation site (blue), b) representative shape of a pelvic floor mesh; c) while current meshes are mainly large porous polypropylene meshes, this research aims at new nanofibrous materials.

Projects

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Publications