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SUMMARY:Poroelastic modelling of tendons - Zoe Goddard (Univ. Oxford)
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CONTACT:Emma
DESCRIPTION:Tendons are connective tissues between muscle and bone. Despit
 e their important function in load-bearing\, tendons often get damaged and
  their mechanical behaviour is still not fully understood. Tendons are mad
 e up of 50-70% water and a collagen-heavy solid matrix\, and undergo large
  deformations. In this talk I will present a nonlinear poroelastic framewo
 rk to capture the bulk mechanics of the tissue\, and explore how the respo
 nse to cyclic and static loading is affected by changes to the solid stres
 s law. In particular\, we investigate material heterogeneity as a represen
 tation of bulk damage to the tissue\, and the effect of fibre recruitment.
  The results are discussed within the framework of tendon mechanics\, howe
 ver the model and modifications to it may be applied to other biological t
 issues as well as geological systems.
LOCATION:MR12
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