Main description:

Advances in Biomechanics and Tissue Regeneration covers a wide range of recent development and advances in the fields of biomechanics and tissue regeneration. It includes computational simulation, soft tissues, microfluidics, the cardiovascular system, experimental methods in biomechanics, mechanobiology and tissue regeneration. The state-of-the-art, theories and application are presented, making this book ideal for anyone who is deciding which direction to take their future research in this field. In addition, it is ideal for everyone who is exploring new fields or currently working on an interdisciplinary project in tissue biomechanics.

Contents:

Advances in Biomechanics and Tissue Regeneration

Part I: Biomechanics

1. Personalized corneal biomechanics

2. Biomechanics of the vestibular system: a numerical simulation

3. Design, Simulation and Experimentation of Colonic Stents

4. Mechanical and Micro-Structural Behavior of vascular tissue

5. Impact of Fluid-Structure Interaction Modelling on the human vessel hemodynamics

6. Review of the essential role of SMCs in regulating the stress distribution across the aortic wall

7. Multiscale numerical simulation of the lung and heart electrophysiology

8. Real-time modelling of the heart

9. COMPUTATIONAL MUSCULOSKELETAL BIOMECHANICS OF THE KNEE JOINT

10. Determination of the anisotropic mechanical properties of bone tissue using a homogenization technique combined with meshless methods

11. Analysis of the biomechanical behaviour of osteosynthesis based on intra-medullary nails in femur fractures

12. Stress Redistribution in the Calcaneus After Autologous Bone Harvest

Part II: Mechanobiology and tissue regeneration

13. Tissue regeneration through electrically and magnetically active microenvironments

14. USING 3D PRINTING AND BIOPRINTING TECHNOLOGIES FOR PERSONALIZED IMPLANTS

15. Computational Simulation of the Cell Behavior for Tissue Regeneration

16. On the simulation of organ on chip cell processes. Application to an in vitro model of glioblastome evolution

17. Skin mechanobiology and biomechanics: from homeostasis to wound healing

18. Cartilage Regeneration and Tissue Engineering

19. Impact of mechanobiological perturbation on cartilage tissue engineering

20. Biomechanical analysis of bone tissue after insertion of dental implants using meshless methods: stress analysis and osseointegration

21. Numerical assessment of bone tissue remodelling of a proximal femur after insertion of a femoral implant using an interpolating meshless method