Holzapfel G.A., Ogden R.W. (Eds.) Mechanics of Biological Tissue

Springer, 2006. - 510 p. - The mechanics of biological tissues is a multidisciplinary and rapidly expanding area of research. The book points to important directions combining mechanical sciences with the exciting new developments in biology.
It delivers state-of-the-art articles on:
- Mechanics of tissues at the molecular, cellular, tissue and organ levels.
- Mechanobiology, with particular reference to growth, remodeling, repair and aging.
- Experimental, microstructural and continuum mechanical perspectives with an emphasis on modeling, and simulating therapeutic and diagnostic procedures.
- Implementation of mechanical models in numerical codes to provide a tool for the design and development of prostheses. Numerical models have the potential to greatly improve diagnostics and therapeutical procedures that involve tissue mechanics.