The paper presents a framework for the treatment of a homogenized macro-continuum with
locally attached micro-structure, which undergoes non-isothermal inelastic deformations at …

Background In animal studies, gender differences were related to hormonal and immunologic
changes that were associated with an increased susceptibility to sepsis in males. …

Background Current treatment recommendations for patients with heart failure and secondary
mitral regurgitation include transcatheter edge-to-edge repair and mitral-valve surgery. …

In this paper we propose a formulation of polyconvex anisotropic hyperelasticity at finite
strains. The main goal is the representation of the governing constitutive equations within the …

The main goal of this contribution is to provide a simple method for constructing transversely
isotropic polyconvex functions suitable for the description of biological soft tissues. The …

This paper presents a numerical procedure for the computation of the overall moduli of
polycrystalline materials based on a direct evaluation of a micro–macro transition. We consider a …

In this work we propose an anisotropic stored energy function which satisfies a priori the
Legendre–Hadamard condition, which is strongly related to the material stability of the …

Mechanics of Materials is the second volume of a three-volume textbook on Engineering
Mechanics. Volume 1 deals with Statics while Volume 3 contains Dynamics. The original …

The paper investigates instability phenomena in the context of homogenization-based micro-to-macro
transitions of heterogeneous materials at finite strains. This covers structural …

A wide class of micro-heterogeneous materials is designed to satisfy the advanced
challenges of modern materials occurring in a variety of technical applications. The effective …