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Damage in Soft Biological Tissues

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Microscopic damage; Softening; Supraphysiological loading

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By “modeling of damage,” the continuum mechanical modeling of macroscopic softening in soft biological tissues as a result of microscopic damage is intended. The focus is thus on the macroscopic material behavior resulting from microscopic damage, not on the discrete fracture mechanisms acting at the microscale. The resulting macroscopic softening hystereses are observed in cyclic tests of supraphysiologically loaded soft biological tissues and need, thus to be considered if loading situations are analyzed which exceed the normal physiological domain. This may particularly be important for the simulation of, e.g., balloon angioplasty or traumas. Note that the passive response of collagenous soft biological tissues as found in arterial walls is considered, i.e., the active response induced by smooth muscle cells is not taken into account.

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Balzani, D. (2018). Damage in Soft Biological Tissues. In: Altenbach, H., Öchsner, A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Continuum Mechanics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-53605-6_36-1

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