1. Static and free-vibration analyses of dental prosthesis and atherosclerotic human artery by refined finite element models

   • E. Carrera
   • D. Guarnera
   • A. Pagani

   OriginalPaper 13 September 2017 Pages: 301 - 317

   

2. A numerical study of the hemodynamic effect of the aortic valve on coronary flow

   • Shaily Wald
   • Alex Liberzon
   • Idit Avrahami

   Original Paper 19 September 2017 Pages: 319 - 338

   

3. Structure–property relation and relevance of beam theories for microtubules: a coupled molecular and continuum mechanics study

   • Si Li
   • Chengyuan Wang
   • Perumal Nithiarasu

   Original Paper Open access 03 October 2017 Pages: 339 - 349

   

4. Multi-resolution geometric modeling of the mitral heart valve leaflets

   • Amir H. Khalighi
   • Andrew Drach
   • Michael S. Sacks

   Original Paper 05 October 2017 Pages: 351 - 366

   

5. A model for cell migration in non-isotropic fibrin networks with an application to pancreatic tumor islets

   • Jiao Chen
   • Daphne Weihs
   • Fred J. Vermolen

   Original Paper Open access 09 October 2017 Pages: 367 - 386

   

6. An eFTD-VP framework for efficiently generating patient-specific anatomically detailed facial soft tissue FE mesh for craniomaxillofacial surgery simulation

   • Xiaoyan Zhang
   • Daeseung Kim
   • James J. Xia

   Original Paper 12 October 2017 Pages: 387 - 402

   

7. Layer-dependent role of collagen recruitment during loading of the rat bladder wall

   • Fangzhou Cheng
   • Lori A. Birder
   • Anne M. Robertson

   Original Paper 16 October 2017 Pages: 403 - 417

   

8. Nonlinear compliance of elastic layers to indentation

   • Adrian Fessel
   • Hans-Günther Döbereiner

   Original Paper 01 November 2017 Pages: 419 - 438

   

9. Numerical investigation of the role of intercellular interactions on collective epithelial cell migration

   • Liqiang Lin
   • Xiaowei Zeng

   Original Paper 01 November 2017 Pages: 439 - 448

   

10. Explicit expressions for the estimation of the elastic constants of lamellar bone as a function of the volumetric mineral content using a multi-scale approach

    • Ana Vercher-Martínez
    • Eugenio Giner
    • F. Javier Fuenmayor

    Original Paper 05 November 2017 Pages: 449 - 464

    

11. Simulation of the human airways using virtual topology tools and meshing optimization

    • A. Fernández-Tena
    • A. C. Marcos
    • C. Ferrera

    Original Paper 05 November 2017 Pages: 465 - 477

    

12. A validated patient-specific FSI model for vascular access in haemodialysis

    • A. M. de Villiers
    • A. T. McBride
    • B. S. Spottiswoode

    Original Paper 14 November 2017 Pages: 479 - 497

    

13. Evaluating the interaction of a tracheobronchial stent in an ovine in-vivo model

    • Donnacha J. McGrath
    • Anja Lena Thiebes
    • Peter E. McHugh

    Original Paper 24 November 2017 Pages: 499 - 516

    

14. Development of a finite-element eye model to investigate retinal hemorrhages in shaken baby syndrome

    • Jeyendran Nadarasa
    • Caroline Deck
    • Rémy Willinger

    Original Paper 05 December 2017 Pages: 517 - 530

    

15. Micromechanical study of the load transfer in a polycaprolactone–collagen hybrid scaffold when subjected to unconfined and confined compression

    • A. P. G. Castro
    • D. Lacroix

    Original Paper Open access 11 November 2017 Pages: 531 - 541

    

16. Modeling the effect of collagen fibril alignment on ligament mechanical behavior

    • Christina J. Stender
    • Evan Rust
    • Trevor J. Lujan

    Original Paper 24 November 2017 Pages: 543 - 557

    

17. Subject-specific finite element modelling of the human foot complex during walking: sensitivity analysis of material properties, boundary and loading conditions

    • Mohammad Akrami
    • Zhihui Qian
    • Lei Ren

    Original Paper Open access 14 November 2017 Pages: 559 - 576

    

18. Local distribution of collagen fibers determines crack initiation site and its propagation direction during aortic rupture

    • Shukei Sugita
    • Takeo Matsumoto

    Original Paper 13 November 2017 Pages: 577 - 587

    

19. Arterial pulse attenuation prediction using the decaying rate of a pressure wave in a viscoelastic material model

    • J. Menacho
    • L. Rotllant
    • J. Martorell

    Original Paper Open access 22 November 2017 Pages: 589 - 603

    

20. Incorporating tissue anisotropy and heterogeneity in finite element models of trabecular bone altered predicted local stress distributions

    • Max A. Hammond
    • Joseph M. Wallace
    • Thomas Siegmund

    Original Paper 14 November 2017 Pages: 605 - 614

    

21. Erratum to: An in silico biomechanical analysis of the stent–esophagus interaction

    • Mathias Peirlinck
    • Nic Debusschere
    • Matthieu De Beule

    Erratum 20 September 2017 Pages: 615 - 616