Mechanics of Biological Systems and Materials, Volume 6: Proceedings of the 2016 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Mechanic Adaptability of Metastatic Cells in Colon Cancer....Pages 1-9
Nano-Mechanical Response of Red Blood Cells....Pages 11-16
Scale Dependence of the Mechanical Properties of Interfaces in Crustaceans Thin Films....Pages 17-23
Dynamic Analysis of Human Knee....Pages 25-31
Viscohyperelastic Calibration in Mechanical Characterization of Soft Matter....Pages 33-37
Contact Zone Evaluation of Dental Implants Using Digital Photoelasticity....Pages 39-43
Evolution of the Skin Microstructural Organization During a Mechanical Assay....Pages 45-52
A Numerical Study of a Biaxial Sollicitation to Set-Up the Displacement Field Measurement of Ex Vivo Mouse Skin....Pages 53-60
Dynamic Polarization Microscopy for In-Situ Measurements of Collagen Fiber Realignment During Impact....Pages 61-66
Self-Shifting Neutral Axis and Negative Poisson’s Ratio in Hierarchical Structured Natural Composites: Bamboo....Pages 67-73
High-Speed Holography for In-Vivo Measurement of Acoustically Induced Motions of Mammalian Tympanic Membrane....Pages 75-81
Rheology of Soft and Rigid Micro Particles in Curved Microfluidic Channels....Pages 83-87
Microfluidic Approaches for Biomechanics of Red Blood Cells....Pages 89-93
Custom Indentation System for Mechanical Characterization of Soft Matter....Pages 95-99
Experimental Evaluation of Blast Loadings on the Ear and Head with and Without Hearing Protection Devices....Pages 101-109
A Mechano-Hydraulic Model of Intracranial Pressure Dynamics....Pages 111-118
Regional Variations in the Mechanical Strains of the Human Optic Nerve Head....Pages 119-127
Experimental Electromechanics of Red Blood Cells Using Dielectrophoresis-Based Microfluidics....Pages 129-134
Microbuckling of Fibrous Matrices Enables Long Range Cell Mechanosensing....Pages 135-141
The Growth and Mechanical Properties of Abalone Nacre Mesolayer....Pages 143-148
Evaluation of Precise Optimal Cyclic Strain for Tenogenic Differentiation of MSCs....Pages 149-155
Effect of Fiber Architecture on the Cell Functions of Electrospun Fiber Membranes....Pages 157-160
Controlling hESC-CM Cell Morphology on Patterned Substrates Over a Range of Stiffness....Pages 161-168
Cytoskeletal Perturbing Drugs and Their Effect on Cell Elasticity....Pages 169-177