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Soft Materials in Technology and Biology – Characteristics, Properties, and Parameter Identification

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Bioengineering in Cell and Tissue Research

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The growing interest in flexible structures has also brought biomechanics into the focus of engineers. Elastomers and soft tissues consist of similar networks of macromolecules. After a brief introduction to the concepts of continuum mechanics, typical isotropic models of soft materials in technology and biology are presented. Similarities and differences of the thermo-mechanical behavior are discussed. For rubber-like materials a modification of the Kilian network is suggested which greatly simplifies the identification of material parameters. Finally the dynamical loading of biopolymers and volume changes with phase transitions are considered.

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Staat, M., Baroud, G., Topcu, M., Sponagel, S. (2008). Soft Materials in Technology and Biology – Characteristics, Properties, and Parameter Identification. In: Artmann, G., Chien, S. (eds) Bioengineering in Cell and Tissue Research. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75409-1_12

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