Mechanics of Biological Systems and Materials, Volume 5: Proceedings of the 2012 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics represents one of seven volumes of technical papers presented at the Society for Experimental Mechanics SEM 12th International Congress & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, held at Costa Mesa, California, June 11-14, 2012. The full set of proceedings also includes volumes on Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Challenges in Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials and Processes in Conventional and Multifunctional Materials, Imaging Methods for Novel Materials and Challenging Applications, Experimental and Applied Mechanics, MEMS and Nanotechnology and, Composite Materials and Joining Technologies for Composites.

This is the fifth volume in the Proceedings of the 2012 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics

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Mechanics of Biological Systems and Materials, Volume 5*: Proceedings of the 2012 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics* , the fifth volume of seven from the Conference, brings together 31 contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on fundamental and applied aspects of Experimental and Applied Mechanics, including papers on:

• Biological Materials & Mechanics
• Cell Mechanics
• Mechanics of Biomimetic Materials
• Mechanics of Brain Tissues and Structures
• Mechanics of Bone and Related Materials
• Multi-Scale Mechanics of Natural Fibers
• Indentation Methods in Soft Materials
• Imaging Methods in Biological Systems and Materials
• Mechanics of Tissue Damage
• Mechanics of Soft Materials and Tissues

Inhalt
From the Contents: Effect of Crystallite Orientation on Nanomechanical Properties of a Nanostructured poly(KAMPS)/aragonite Composite.- Characterization of the Mechanical Behavior of Sunflower Stem for Bio-composite Applications.- Long-range Mechanical Force Enables Self-assembly of Epithelial Tubules.- Effects of Membrane Composition and Cytoskeletal Proteins on Membrane Mechanics.- Interfacial Fracture Toughness of Nacre.- New Insight into the Toughening Mechanisms of Nacre.- Thermal Analyses of Dental Ceramic Restorations.- Visualization of Micro-cracks in Compact Bovine Bone.- KEYNOTE: Humanlike Robots - Synthetically Mimicking Humans.- Porous Hydroxyapatite-polyhydroxybutyrate Composites Fabricated by a Novel Method via Centrifugation.- Isolation of Collagen From Cortical Bovine Bone for Preparation of Porous Collagen Sponges.