1. A New Constitutive Framework for Arterial Wall Mechanics and a Comparative Study of Material Models

   • Gerhard A. Holzapfel
   • Thomas C. Gasser
   • Ray W. Ogden

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 48

2. Foreword

   Foreword Pages: 7 - 8

3. Preface

   Preface Pages: 9 - 12

4. Structure, Mechanical Properties, and Mechanics of Intracranial Saccular Aneurysms

   • J.D. Humphrey
   • P.B. Canham

   OriginalPaper Pages: 49 - 81

5. A Model of Arterial Adaptation to Alterations in Blood Flow

   • Alexander Rachev

   OriginalPaper Pages: 83 - 111

6. Computational Mechanics of the Heart

   • M. P. Nash
   • P. J. Hunter

   OriginalPaper Pages: 113 - 141

7. Effect of Laminar Orthotropic Myofiber Architecture on Regional Stress and Strain in the Canine Left Ventricle

   • T.P. Usyk
   • R. Mazhari
   • A.D. McCulloch

   OriginalPaper Pages: 143 - 164

8. Modeling Heart Development

   • Larry A. Taber
   • Renato Perucchio

   OriginalPaper Pages: 165 - 197

9. Biaxial Mechanical Evaluation of Planar Biological Materials

   • Michael S. Sacks

   OriginalPaper Pages: 199 - 246