In this paper, the mechanics of soft tissues is modeled by introducing a novel polyconvex strain-energy function able to include tissue structured hierarchical arrangement and by reducing model complexity via multiscale homogenization techniques. The case of arterial tissue is successfully addressed by obtaining a quantitative prediction of the age-dependent alterations in aorta mechanics incorporating histological remodeling mechanisms and biochemical variations. (© 2015 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)

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Volume15, Issue1

Special Issue:86th Annual Meeting of the International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (GAMM), Lecce 2015; Editors: G. Zavarise, P. Cinnella and M. Campiti

October 2015

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