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  1. Article ; Online: Direct and inverse identification of constitutive parameters from the structure of soft tissues. Part 2: dispersed arrangement of collagen fibers.

    von Hoegen, Markus / Marino, Michele / Schröder, Jörg / Wriggers, Peter

    Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

    2019  Volume 18, Issue 4, Page(s) 897–920

    Abstract: This paper investigates on the relationship between the arrangement of collagen fibers within soft tissues and parameters of constitutive models. Starting from numerical experiments based on biaxial loading conditions, the study addresses both the direct ...

    Abstract This paper investigates on the relationship between the arrangement of collagen fibers within soft tissues and parameters of constitutive models. Starting from numerical experiments based on biaxial loading conditions, the study addresses both the direct (from structure to mechanics) and the inverse (from mechanics to structure) problems, solved introducing optimization problems for model calibration and regression analysis. A campaign of parametric analyses is conducted in order to consider fibers distributions with different main orientation and angular dispersion. Different anisotropic constitutive models are employed, accounting for fibers dispersion either with a generalized structural approach or with an increasing number of strain energy terms. Benchmark data sets, toward which constitutive models are fitted, are built by employing a multiscale description of fiber nonlinearities and accounting for fibers dispersion with an angular integration method. Results show how the optimal values of constitutive parameters obtained from model calibration vary as a function of fibers arrangement and testing protocol. Moreover, the fitting capabilities of constitutive models are discussed. A novel strategy for model calibration is also proposed, in order to obtain a robust accuracy with respect to different loading conditions starting from a low number of mechanical tests. Furthermore, novel results useful for the inverse determination of the mean angle and the variance of fibers distribution are obtained. Therefore, the study contributes: to better design procedures for model calibration; to account for mechanical alterations due to remodeling mechanisms; and to gain structural information in a nondestructive way.
    MeSH term(s) Algorithms ; Fibrillar Collagens/physiology ; Models, Biological ; Organ Specificity ; Regression Analysis
    Chemical Substances Fibrillar Collagens
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-02-09
    Publishing country Germany
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2093052-5
    ISSN 1617-7940 ; 1617-7959
    ISSN (online) 1617-7940
    ISSN 1617-7959
    DOI 10.1007/s10237-019-01119-3
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  2. Article ; Online: Direct and inverse identification of constitutive parameters from the structure of soft tissues. Part 1: micro- and nanostructure of collagen fibers.

    Marino, Michele / von Hoegen, Markus / Schröder, Jörg / Wriggers, Peter

    Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

    2018  Volume 17, Issue 4, Page(s) 1011–1036

    Abstract: Soft tissues are characterized by a nonlinear mechanical response, highly affected by the multiscale structure of collagen fibers. The effectiveness and the calibration of constitutive models play a major role on the reliability and the applicability of ... ...

    Abstract Soft tissues are characterized by a nonlinear mechanical response, highly affected by the multiscale structure of collagen fibers. The effectiveness and the calibration of constitutive models play a major role on the reliability and the applicability of computational models in biomechanics. This paper presents a procedure for the identification of the relationship between collagen-related structural features in soft tissues with model parameters of classical polynomial- and exponential-based constitutive models. Histological features at microscale, as well as biochemical and biophysical properties at nanoscale, are addressed by employing a multiscale structural description of soft tissue mechanics as benchmark data set. Both the direct (from structure to parameters) and the inverse (from parameters to structure) problem are addressed. Suitable optimization problems are introduced for accurate numerical and approximated analytical direct relationships. The inverse identification has been addressed by providing also a measure of the reliability of the computed estimates. Results show the effectiveness of the proposed strategies and allow to discuss the fitting capabilities of classical constitutive approaches in terms of parameters identification.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Biomechanical Phenomena ; Collagen/chemistry ; Computer Simulation ; Linear Models ; Nanostructures/chemistry ; Numerical Analysis, Computer-Assisted ; Rats
    Chemical Substances Collagen (9007-34-5)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-02-28
    Publishing country Germany
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2093052-5
    ISSN 1617-7940 ; 1617-7959
    ISSN (online) 1617-7940
    ISSN 1617-7959
    DOI 10.1007/s10237-018-1009-8
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