Mechanics of Biological Systems and Materials & Micro-and Nanomechanics, Volume 4: Proceedings of the 2019 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics

Front Matter ....Pages i-viii
 Terahertz Protein Vibrations: The Usefulness of Coarse-Grained Numerical Models  (Giuseppe Lacidogna, Domenico Scaramozzino, Gianfranco Piana, Alberto Carpinteri)....Pages 1-6
 Protein Conformational Changes and Low-Frequency Vibrational Modes: A Similarity Analysis  (Domenico Scaramozzino, Giuseppe Lacidogna, Alberto Carpinteri)....Pages 7-10
 Residual Stresses in Biological Materials  (Herbert Silva, Drew Nelson)....Pages 11-18
 Quantification of Papillary Muscle Motion and Mitral Regurgitation After Myocardial Infarction  (Connor R. Ferguson, Robert C. Gorman, Jonathan F. Wenk)....Pages 19-24
 Characterization of Fiber Alignment and Mechanical Properties of Printed Cellulose Nanofibril Films  (Lisa M. Mariani, Gnana Saurya Vankayalapati, John M. Considine, Kevin T. Turner)....Pages 25-28
 Vibrational Analysis of Biopolymer-Based Hydrogels Using 3D-Printed Test Structures for Applications in Bioprinting  (S. Schwarz, B. Hartmann, R. Moerl, S. Sudhop, H. Clausen-Schaumann, D. Rixen)....Pages 29-35
 High Amplitude Torsional Shear of Porcine Thoracic Aorta  (Akshay Rao, Manoj Myneni, C. C. Benjamin, K. R. Rajagopal)....Pages 37-40
 Imaging of the Scattering of High-Intensity Focused Ultrasonic Waves at Artificial Bone Replicas  (Matthew Brown, David Sanford, Christoph Schaal)....Pages 41-48
 A Comparison Between Bearing and Non-bearing Human Bone: Mechanical Testing and Micro-Architecture Assessment  (Xavier Roothaer, Rémi Delille, Hervé Morvan, Eric Markiewicz, Christian Fontaine)....Pages 49-56
 3D High-Speed Digital Image Correlation (3D-HSDIC) to Study Damage of Human Eardrum Under High-Pressure Loading  (Payam Razavi, Haimi Tang, Koohyar Pooladvand, Cassia Larson, Eli W. Frank, John J. Perkoski et al.)....Pages 57-62
 Comparative Modal Analysis of the Tympanic Membrane Mechanics Between Normal and Experimentally Simulated Pathological Ears  (Haimi Tang, Payam Razavi, Nima Maftoon, John J. Rosowski, Cosme Furlong, Jeffrey T. Cheng)....Pages 63-71
 Influence of Cell Wall Polysaccharides on Structure and Mechanics of Streptococcus mutans  (Joree N. Sandin, Natalia Korotkova, Martha E. Grady)....Pages 73-76
 Dental Implant Texture Affects Biofilm Adhesion Strength  (James D. Boyd, Natalia Korotkova, Martha E. Grady)....Pages 77-80
 On the Role of Human Umbilical Cord Biomechanics  (Roberto Brunelli, Massimiliano Papi, Tiziana Parasassi, Marco De Spirito, Carmine Pappalettere, Luciano Lamberti)....Pages 81-86
 Laser Diffractometer for Measuring Bacterial Biodegradation of Dental Materials  (Ying Gu, Philip Foo, Alan Guo, Austin Giordano, Stephen Walker, Fu-Pen Chiang)....Pages 87-92