Title section 1
Some random text. The usual definition of soft tissues is that they are the materials that connect, support, or surround other structures and organs of the body, Soft tissues are complex inhomogeneous materials, the constitutive behaviour of which is still relatively poorly understood. Soft tissues include skin, tendon, ligament, brain and arteries but not bone which is classed as a hard tissue (see below).
Of particular interest to the group is the modelling of ligaments and tendons, which are fundamental structures in the musculoskeletal systems of vertebrates. Ligaments connect bone to bone to provide stability and allow joints to function correctly, whereas tendons connect bone to muscle to allow the transfer of forces generated by muscles to the skeleton. The wide variety of roles played by different ligaments and tendons requires them to have considerably different mechanical responses to applied forces, however, it is not known what causes this variety in mechanical behaviour.
Like many biological materials ligaments and tendon display microstructure across a hierarchy of length scales giving rise to complex behaviour. The origin of this microstructure could be associated with biological, chemistry or mechanics. Our group is interested in investigating how the variation in microstructure of ligaments and tendons over multiple length-scales leads to the differing stress-strain responses that have been observed. We apply a multidisciplinary approach, using state-of-the-art imaging technology such as X-ray computed tomography to inform the mathematical modelling. In particular we are interested in developing models incorporating parameters that can realistically be measured experimentally. Recently we have developed new strain energy functions that appear to be well-suited to modelling the quasi-static response of a variety of soft tissues.
Some random text. The usual definition of soft tissues is that they are the materials that connect, support, or surround other structures and organs of the body, Soft tissues are complex inhomogeneous materials, the constitutive behaviour of which is still relatively poorly understood. Soft tissues include skin, tendon, ligament, brain and arteries but not bone which is classed as a hard tissue (see below).
Of particular interest to the group is the modelling of ligaments and tendons, which are fundamental structures in the musculoskeletal systems of vertebrates. Ligaments connect bone to bone to provide stability and allow joints to function correctly, whereas tendons connect bone to muscle to allow the transfer of forces generated by muscles to the skeleton. The wide variety of roles played by different ligaments and tendons requires them to have considerably different mechanical responses to applied forces, however, it is not known what causes this variety in mechanical behaviour.
Like many biological materials ligaments and tendon display microstructure across a hierarchy of length scales giving rise to complex behaviour. The origin of this microstructure could be associated with biological, chemistry or mechanics. Our group is interested in investigating how the variation in microstructure of ligaments and tendons over multiple length-scales leads to the differing stress-strain responses that have been observed. We apply a multidisciplinary approach, using state-of-the-art imaging technology such as X-ray computed tomography to inform the mathematical modelling. In particular we are interested in developing models incorporating parameters that can realistically be measured experimentally. Recently we have developed new strain energy functions that appear to be well-suited to modelling the quasi-static response of a variety of soft tissues.
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Title section 2
Random text : Like soft tissue, bone also has a complex inhomogeneous microstructure across several lengthscales. Bone is, however a hard tissue and it can be assessed effectively by wave propagation. In recent years we have been particularly active in modelling the effective behaviour of cortical bone, the dense, low porosity bone around the outer rim of the bone shaft. Wave propagation techniques can be used in an ultrasound context to predict the onset of osteoporosis for example and provide a less invasive probing technique to x-ray imaging.
As in the context of soft tissue we are particularly interested in developing models that can incorporate parameters that can realistically be measured experimentally.
Random text : Like soft tissue, bone also has a complex inhomogeneous microstructure across several lengthscales. Bone is, however a hard tissue and it can be assessed effectively by wave propagation. In recent years we have been particularly active in modelling the effective behaviour of cortical bone, the dense, low porosity bone around the outer rim of the bone shaft. Wave propagation techniques can be used in an ultrasound context to predict the onset of osteoporosis for example and provide a less invasive probing technique to x-ray imaging.
As in the context of soft tissue we are particularly interested in developing models that can incorporate parameters that can realistically be measured experimentally.
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- Paper 2
- Paper 3
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