This unique collection highlights the central role played by modeling in general, and the modeling of mechanical considerations that have an effect on living matter. Survey papers by active specialists, deal with some of the most important problems in biomechanics.

This interdisciplinary collection of surveys highlights the central role played by the mathematical modeling of mechanical properties having an effect on the living matter. The book presents in a single, self-contained resource topics that are widely scattered across the literature in a variety of journals having mutually nonintersecting communities of readers, such as applied mathematicians, engineers, biologists, and physicians.

Topics covered include mechanical properties of biological materials, biochemical and biomechanical aspects of blood flow, formation and growth of intracranial aneurysms, modeling of natural tissue substitutes, including cardiovascular and biodegradable stents, regulation of hemostatic system function, and mechanical properties of tumors, bones and cell membranes.

Modeling of Biological Materials may be used in interdisciplinary, introductory courses covering various biomechanical topics for graduate students in applied mathematics, engineering, and biomedicine. The surveys featured in the book will also be a lasting and valuable reference for a wide community of researchers, practitioners, and advanced students in the above-mentioned fields.

A single, self-contained resource for topics that are widely scattered across the literature in a variety of journals having mutually nonintersecting communities of readers, such as applied mathematicians, engineers, biologists, and physicians Provides readers from diverse backgrounds with basic modeling ideas and tools, which address important problems in the medical and health sciences Topics covered include mechanical properties of biological materials, biochemical and biomechanical aspects of blood flow, formation and growth of intracranial aneurysms, and regulation of hemostatic system function Models tested in realistic experiments are presented with implementation through numerical and computer simulations, which may lead to potential technological innovations useful in medicine May be used in interdisciplinary introductory courses covering various biomechanical topics for graduate students in applied mathematics, engineering, and biomedicine

Inhalt
Rheology of Living Materials.- Biochemical and Biomechanical Aspects of Blood Flow.- Theoretical Modeling of Enlarging Intracranial Aneurysms.- Theoretical Modeling of Cyclically Loaded, Biodegradable Cylinders.- Regulation of Hemostatic System Function by Biochemical and Mechanical Factors.- Mechanical Properties of Human Mineralized Connective Tissues.- Mechanics in Tumor Growth.- Inhomogeneities in Biological Membranes.