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Modeling of Biological Materials

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  • © 2007

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Editors:
  1. Francesco Mollica

    1. Dipartimento di Ingegneria, Università di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

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  2. Luigi Preziosi

    1. Dipartimento di Matematica, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy

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  3. K. R. Rajagopal

    1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA

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  • A single, self-contained resource for topics that are widely scattered across the literature in a variety of journals having mutually nonintersecting communities of readers, such as applied mathematicians, engineers, biologists, and physicians
  • Provides readers from diverse backgrounds with basic modeling ideas and tools, which address important problems in the medical and health sciences
  • Topics covered include mechanical properties of biological materials, biochemical and biomechanical aspects of blood flow, formation and growth of intracranial aneurysms, and regulation of hemostatic system function
  • Models tested in realistic experiments are presented with implementation through numerical and computer simulations, which may lead to potential technological innovations useful in medicine
  • May be used in interdisciplinary introductory courses covering various biomechanical topics for graduate students in applied mathematics, engineering, and biomedicine

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Rheology of Living Materials

    • R. Chotard-Ghodsnia, C. Verdier
    Pages 1-31

  3. Biochemical and Biomechanical Aspects of Blood Flow

    • M. Thiriet
    Pages 33-100

  4. Theoretical Modeling of Enlarging Intracranial Aneurysms

    • S. Baek, K. R. Rajagopal, J. D. Humphrey
    Pages 101-123

  5. Theoretical Modeling of Cyclically Loaded, Biodegradable Cylinders

    • J. S. Soares, J. E. Moore Jr., K. R. Rajagopal
    Pages 125-177

  6. Regulation of Hemostatic System Function by Biochemical and Mechanical Factors

    • K. Rajagopal, J. Lawson
    Pages 179-210

  7. Mechanical Properties of Human Mineralized Connective Tissues

    • R. De Santis, L. Ambrosio, F. Mollica, P. Netti, L. Nicolais
    Pages 211-261

  8. Mechanics in Tumor Growth

    • L. Graziano, L. Preziosi
    Pages 263-321

  9. Inhomogeneities in Biological Membranes

    • R. Rosso, E. G. Virga
    Pages 323-357
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One of the primary purposes and obligations of science, in addition to - derstandingnatureingeneralandlifeinparticular, istoassistinenhancing the quality and longevity of life, indeed a most daunting challenge. To be able to meaningfully meet the last of the above expectations, it is nec- sary to provide the practitioner of medicine with diagnostic and predictive capabilities that science will accord when its seemingly disparate parts are melded together and brought to bear on the problems that they face. The development of interdisciplinary activities involving the various basic sciences—biology, physics, chemistry, and mathematics, and their applied counterparts, engineering and technology—is a necessary key to unlocking the mysteries of medicine, which at the moment is a curious admixture of art, craft, and science. Signi?cant strides have been taken during the past decades for putting intoplaceamethodologythattakesintoaccounttheinterplayofthevarious basic sciences. Considerable progress has been made in understanding the role that mechanics has to play in the development of medical procedures. Thiscollectionofsurveyarticlesaddressestheroleofmechanicswithregard to advances in the medical sciences. In particular, these survey articles bring to one’s attention the central role played by mathematical modeling in general and the modeling of mechanical issues in particular that have a bearing on the biology, chemistry, and physics of living matter.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dipartimento di Ingegneria, Università di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

    Francesco Mollica

  • Dipartimento di Matematica, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy

    Luigi Preziosi

  • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA

    K. R. Rajagopal

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