2024

• Tehlivets, Oksana; Almer, Gunter; Brunner, Markus S.; Lechleitner, Margarete; Sommer, Gerhard; Kolb, Dagmar. (2024) Homocysteine contributes to atherogenic transformation of the aorta in rabbits in the absence of hypercholesterolemia. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
  Academic article
• Alberini, Riccardo; Spagnoli, Andrea; Sadeghinia, Mohammed Javad; Skallerud, Bjørn Helge; Terzano, Michele; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2024) Fourier transform-based method for quantifying the three-dimensional orientation distribution of fibrous units. Scientific Reports
  Academic article
• Li, Kewei; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2024) A multiscale viscoelastic fiber dispersion model for strain rate-dependent behavior of planar fibrous tissues. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  Academic article
• Holzapfel, Gerhard; Ogden, Ray W.. (2024) Biomechanical stresses in a residually stressed idealized intervertebral disc. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics
  Academic article
• Dehghani, Hamidreza; Holzapfel, Gerhard; Mittelbronn, Michel; Zilian, Andreas. (2024) Cell adhesion affects the properties of interstitial fluid flow: A study using multiscale poroelastic composite modeling. Journal of The Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials
  Academic article
• Dalbosco, Misael; Fancello, Eduardo A.; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2024) Multiscale computational modeling of arterial micromechanics: A review. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  Academic literature review
• Kan, Xiaoxin; Ma, Tao; Jiang, Xiaolang; Holzapfel, Gerhard; Dong, Zhihui; Xu, Xiao Yun. (2024) Towards biomechanics-based pre-procedural planning for thoracic endovascular aortic repair of aortic dissection. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine
  Academic article
• Pukaluk, Anna; Sommer, Gerhard; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2024) Multimodal experimental studies of the passive mechanical behavior of human aortas: Current approaches and future directions. Acta Biomaterialia
  Academic literature review
• Sajjadinia, Seyed Shayan; Carpentieri, Bruno; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2024) Bridging Diverse Physics and Scales of Knee Cartilage With Efficient and Augmented Graph Learning. IEEE Access
  Academic article
• Peirlinck, Mathias; Linka, Kevin; Hurtado, Juan A.; Holzapfel, Gerhard; Kuhl, Ellen. (2024) Democratizing biomedical simulation through automated model discovery and a universal material subroutine. Computational Mechanics
  Academic article
• Sadeghinia, Mohammad Javad; Persson, Robert; Ellensen, Vegard Skalstad; Haaverstad, Rune; Holzapfel, Gerhard; Skallerud, Bjørn Helge. (2024) Quantified planar collagen distribution in healthy and degenerative mitral valve: biomechanical and clinical implications. Scientific Reports
  Academic article
• Schussnig, Richard; Rolf-Pissarczyk, Malte; Bäumler, Kathrin; Fries, Thomas-Peter; Holzapfel, Gerhard; Kronbichler, Martin. (2024) On the role of tissue mechanics in fluid–structure interaction simulations of patient-specific aortic dissection. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering
  Academic article
• Yuan, Tian; Zhan, Wenbo; Terzano, Michele; Holzapfel, Gerhard; Dini, Daniele. (2024) A comprehensive review on modeling aspects of infusion-based drug delivery in the brain. Acta Biomaterialia
  Academic literature review
• Baumler, Kathrin; Rolf-Pissarczyk, Malte; Schussnig, Richard; Fries, Thomas-Peter; Mistelbauer, Gabriel; Pfaller, Martin R.. (2024) Assessment of aortic dissection remodeling with patient-specific fluid-structure interaction models. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
  Academic article
• Zhang, Will; Jadidi, Majid; Razian, Sayed Ahmadreza; Holzapfel, Gerhard; Kamenskiy, Alexey; Nordsletten, David A.. (2024) A viscoelastic constitutive framework for aging muscular and elastic arteries. Acta Biomaterialia
  Academic article
• Bogoni, Francesca; Wollner, Maximilian P.; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2024) On the experimental identification of equilibrium relations and the separation of inelastic effects in soft biological tissues. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  Academic article
• Agrafiotis, Emmanouil; Zimpfer, Daniel; Mächler, Heinrich; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2024) Review of Systemic Mock Circulation Loops for Evaluation of Implantable Cardiovascular Devices and Biological Tissues. Journal of Endovascular Therapy
  Academic literature review
• Martonová, Denisa; Peirlinck, Mathias; Linka, Kevin; Holzapfel, Gerhard; Leyendecker, Sigrid; Kuhl, Ellen. (2024) Automated model discovery for human cardiac tissue: Discovering the best model and parameters. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  Academic article

2023

• Wollner, Maximilian P.; Terzano, Michele; Rolf-Pissarczyk, Malte; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2023) A general model for anisotropic pseudo-elasticity and viscoelasticity at finite strains. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  Academic article
• Kainz, Manuel P.; Greiner, Alexander; Hinrichsen, Jan; Kolb, Dagmar; Comellas, Ester; Steinmann, Paul. (2023) Poro-viscoelastic material parameter identification of brain tissue-mimicking hydrogels. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
  Academic article
• Pukaluk, Anna; Wolinski, Heimo; Viertler, Christian; Regitnig, Peter; Holzapfel, Gerhard; Sommer, Gerhard. (2023) Changes in the microstructure of the human aortic adventitia under biaxial loading investigated by multi-photon microscopy. Acta Biomaterialia
  Academic article
• Agrafiotis, Emmanouil; Mayer, Christian; Grabenwöger, Martin; Zimpfer, Daniel; Regitnig, Peter; Mächler, Heinrich. (2023) Global and local stiffening of ex vivo-perfused stented human thoracic aortas: A mock circulation study. Acta Biomaterialia
  Academic article
• Cosentino, Federica; Sherifova, Selda; Sommer, Gerhard; Raffa, Giuseppe; Pilato, Michele; Pasta, Salvatore. (2023) Regional biomechanical characterization of human ascending aortic aneurysms: Microstructure and biaxial mechanical response. Acta Biomaterialia
  Academic article
• Terzano, Michele; Wollner, Maximilian P.; Kainz, Manuel P.; Rolf-Pissarczyk, Malte; Götzen, Nils; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2023) Modelling the anisotropic inelastic response of polymeric scaffolds for in situ tissue engineering applications. Journal of the Royal Society Interface
  Academic article
• Zhang, Will; Jadidi, Majid; Razian, Sayed Ahmadreza; Holzapfel, Gerhard; Kamenskiy, Alexey; Nordsletten, David A.. (2023) A viscoelastic constitutive model for human femoropopliteal arteries. Acta Biomaterialia
  Academic article
• Avril, Stéphane; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2023) Foreword to the special issue entitled “Progress and future directions in soft tissue mechanics” in the Journal Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology
  Academic article
• Haspinger, Daniel Ch.; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2023) On the descriptive and predictive capabilities of two model approaches considering the collagen fiber dispersion in healthy and aneurysmal arteries. European Journal of Mechanics. A, Solids
  Academic article
• Zhang, Will; Jilberto, Javiera; Sommer, Gerhard; Sacks, Michael S.; Holzapfel, Gerhard; Nordsletten, David A.. (2023) Simulating hyperelasticity and fractional viscoelasticity in the human heart. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  Academic article
• Ross, Colton J.; Mir, Arshid; Burkhart, Harold M.; Holzapfel, Gerhard; Lee, Chung-Hao. (2023) Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation in Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: Current Insights and Future Perspectives. Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease (JCDD)
  Academic literature review
• Sadeghinia, Mohammadjavad; Aguilera, Hans Martin Dahl; Urheim, Stig; Persson, Robert; Ellensen, Vegard Skalstad; Haaverstad, Rune. (2023) Mechanical behavior and collagen structure of degenerative mitral valve leaflets and a finite element model of primary mitral regurgitation. Acta Biomaterialia
  Academic article
• Linka, Kevin; Buganza Tepole, Adrian; Holzapfel, Gerhard; Kuhl, Ellen. (2023) Automated model discovery for skin: Discovering the best model, data, and experiment. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  Academic article
• Giovanniello, Francesco; Asgari, Meisam; Breslavsky, Ivan D.; Franchini, Giulio; Holzapfel, Gerhard; Tabrizian, Maryam. (2023) Development and mechanical characterization of decellularized scaffolds for an active aortic graft. Acta Biomaterialia
  Academic article
• Jafarinia, Alireza; Melito, Gian Marco; Müller, Thomas Stephan; Rolf-Pissarczyk, Malte; Holzapfel, Gerhard; Brenn, Günter. (2023) Morphological parameters affecting false lumen thrombosis following type B aortic dissection: a systematic study based on simulations of idealized models. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology
  Academic article
• Holzer, Clarissa S.; Pukaluk, Anna; Viertler, Christian; Regitnig, Peter; Caulk, Alexander W.; Eschbach, Matthew. (2023) Biomechanical characterization of the passive porcine stomach. Acta Biomaterialia
  Academic article
• Amor, Melina; Bianco, Valentina; Buerger, Martin; Lechleitner, Margarete; Vujić, Nemanja; Dobrijević, Anja. (2023) Genetic deletion of MMP12 ameliorates cardiometabolic disease by improving insulin sensitivity, systemic inflammation, and atherosclerotic features in mice. Cardiovascular Diabetology
  Academic article
• Saeidi, Saeideh; Kainz, Manuel P.; Dalbosco, Misael; Terzano, Michele; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2023) Histology-informed multiscale modeling of human brain white matter. Scientific Reports
  Academic article
• Laurence, Devin W.; Wang, Shuodao; Xiao, Rui; Qian, Jin; Mir, Arshid; Burkhart, Harold M.. (2023) An investigation of how specimen dimensions affect biaxial mechanical characterizations with CellScale BioTester and constitutive modeling of porcine tricuspid valve leaflets. Journal of Biomechanics
  Academic article
• Dalbosco, Misael; Terzano, Michele; Carniel, Thiago A.; Fancello, Eduardo A.; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2023) A two-scale numerical study on the mechanobiology of abdominal aortic aneurysms. Journal of the Royal Society Interface
  Academic article
• Pineda-Castillo, Sergio A.; Acar, Handan; Detamore, Michael S.; Holzapfel, Gerhard; Lee, Chung-Hao. (2023) Modulation of Smooth Muscle Cell Phenotype for Translation of Tissue-Engineered Vascular Grafts. Tissue Engineering Part B: Reviews
  Academic literature review
• McHugh, Peter E.; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2023) Foreword to the special issue entitled “Selected papers from the 11th European Solid Mechanics Conference (ESMC2022), Galway, Ireland, July 4–8, 2022” in the European Journal of Mechanics – A/Solids. European Journal of Mechanics. A, Solids
  Editorial

2022

• Pukaluk, Anna; Wittgenstein, Anna-Sophie; Leitinger, Gerd; Kolb, Dagmar; Pernitsch, Dominique; Schneider, Sarah A.. (2022) An ultrastructural 3D reconstruction method for observing the arrangement of collagen fibrils and proteoglycans in the human aortic wall under mechanical load. Acta Biomaterialia
  Academic article
• Franchini, Giulio; Breslavsky, Ivan D.; Giovanniello, Francesco; Kassab, Ali; Holzapfel, Gerhard; Amabili, Marco. (2022) Role of smooth muscle activation in the static and dynamic mechanical characterization of human aortas. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS)
  Academic article
• Sajjadinia, Seyed Shayan; Carpentieri, Bruno; Shriram, Duraisamy; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2022) Multi-fidelity surrogate modeling through hybrid machine learning for biomechanical and finite element analysis of soft tissues. Computers in Biology and Medicine
  Academic article
• Laurence, Devin W.; Ross, Colton J.; Hsu, Ming-Chen; Mir, Arshid; Burkhart, Harold M.; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2022) Benchtop characterization of the tricuspid valve leaflet pre-strains. Acta Biomaterialia
  Academic article
• Teichtmeister, Stephan; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2022) A constitutive model for fibrous tissues with cross-linked collagen fibers including dispersion — With an analysis of the Poynting effect. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  Academic article
• Sadeghinia, MohammadJavad; Skallerud, Bjørn Helge; Holzapfel, Gerhard; Prot, Victorien Emile. (2022) Biomechanics of mitral valve leaflets: Second harmonic generation microscopy, biaxial mechanical tests and tissue modeling. Acta Biomaterialia
  Academic article
• Pukaluk, Anna; Wolinski, Heimo; Viertler, Christian; Regitnig, Peter; Holzapfel, Gerhard; Sommer, Gerhard. (2022) Changes in the microstructure of the human aortic medial layer under biaxial loading investigated by multi-photon microscopy. Acta Biomaterialia
  Academic article
• Dalbosco, Misael; Carniel, Thiago A.; Fancello, Eduardo A.; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2022) Multiscale simulations suggest a protective role of neo-adventitia in abdominal aortic aneurysms. Acta Biomaterialia
  Academic article
• Liu, Xuyan; Ilseng, Arne; Prot, Victorien Emile; Skallerud, Bjørn Helge; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2022) Swelling of interlamellar GAGs/PGs as an initiation mechanism for aortic dissection: constitutive modeling and numerical simulations. Mechanics of Soft Materials
  Academic article
• Pineda-Castillo, Sergio A.; Aparicio-Ruiz, Santiago; Burns, Madison M.; Laurence, Devin W.; Bradshaw, Elizabeth; Gu, Tingting. (2022) Linking the region-specific tissue microstructure to the biaxial mechanical properties of the porcine left anterior descending artery. Acta Biomaterialia
  Academic article
• Ranftl, Sascha; Rolf-Pissarczyk, Malte; Wolkerstorfer, Gloria; Pepe, Antonio; Egger, Jan; von der Linden, Wolfgang. (2022) Stochastic modeling of inhomogeneities in the aortic wall and uncertainty quantification using a Bayesian encoder–decoder surrogate. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  Academic article
• Niestrawska, Justyna A.; Pukaluk, Anna; Babu, Anju R.; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2022) Differences in Collagen Fiber Diameter and Waviness between Healthy and Aneurysmal Abdominal Aortas. Microscopy and Microanalysis
  Academic article
• Bernecker, Claudia; Lima, Maria; Kolesnik, Tatjana; Lampl, Annika; Ciubotaru, Catalin; Leita, Riccardo. (2022) Biomechanical properties of native and cultured red blood cells–Interplay of shape, structure and biomechanics. Frontiers in Physiology
  Academic article
• Almer, Gunter; Opriessnig, Peter; Wolinski, Heimo; Sommer, Gerhard; Diwoky, Clemens; Lechleitner, Margarete. (2022) Deficiency of B vitamins leads to cholesterol-independent atherogenic transformation of the aorta. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
  Academic article

2021

• Nordsletten, David; Capilnasiu, Adela; Zhang, Will; Wittgenstein, Anna; Hadjicharalambous, Myrianthi; Sommer, Gerhard. (2021) A viscoelastic model for human myocardium. Acta Biomaterialia
  Academic article
• Jadidi, Majid; Sherifova, Selda; Sommer, Gerhard; Kamenskiy, Alexey; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2021) Constitutive modeling using structural information on collagen fiber direction and dispersion in human superficial femoral artery specimens of different ages. Acta Biomaterialia
  Academic article
• Franchini, Giulio; Breslavsky, Ivan D.; Holzapfel, Gerhard; Amabili, Marco. (2021) Viscoelastic characterization of human descending thoracic aortas under cyclic load. Acta Biomaterialia
  Academic article
• Dalbosco, Misael; Carniel, Thiago A.; Fancello, Eduardo A.; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2021) Multiscale numerical analyses of arterial tissue with embedded elements in the finite strain regime. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  Academic article
• Rolf-Pissarczyk, Malte; Li, Kewei; Fleischmann, Dominik; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2021) A discrete approach for modeling degraded elastic fibers in aortic dissection. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  Academic article
• Sajjadinia, Seyed Shayan; Carpentieri, Bruno; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2021) A backward pre-stressing algorithm for efficient finite element implementation of in vivo material and geometrical parameters into fibril-reinforced mixture models of articular cartilage. Journal of The Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials
  Academic article
• Budday, Silvia; Bayly, Philip V.; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2021) Editorial: Advances in Brain Mechanics. Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering
  Editorial
• Rolf-Pissarczyk, Malte; Wollner, Maximilian P.; Pacheco, Douglas R. Q.; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2021) Efficient computational modelling of smooth muscle orientation and function in the aorta. Proceedings of the Royal Society. Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
  Academic article
• Agrafiotis, Emmanouil; Geith, Markus A.; Golkani, Mohammad A.; Hergesell, Vera; Sommer, Gerhard; Spiliopoulos, Sotirios. (2021) An active approach of pressure waveform matching for stress-based testing of arteries. Artificial Organs
  Academic article
• Holzapfel, Gerhard; DeAnda, Abe; Rajagopal, Keshava. (2021) Commentary: May the force(s) be with you: Loading conditions and the aorta. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
  Editorial
• Horvat, Nino; Virag, Lana; Holzapfel, Gerhard; Karšaj, Igor. (2021) Implementation of collagen fiber dispersion in a growth and remodeling model of arterial walls. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  Academic article
• Zhang, Will; Sommer, Gerhard; Niestrawska, Justyna A.; Holzapfel, Gerhard; Nordsletten, David. (2021) The effects of viscoelasticity on residual strain in aortic soft tissues. Acta Biomaterialia
  Academic article
• Amabili, Marco; Asgari, Meisam; Breslavsky, Ivan D.; Franchini, Giulio; Giovanniello, Francesco; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2021) Microstructural and mechanical characterization of the layers of human descending thoracic aortas. Acta Biomaterialia
  Academic article
• Greiner, Alexander; Reiter, Nina; Paulsen, Friedrich; Holzapfel, Gerhard; Steinmann, Paul; Comellas, Ester. (2021) Poro-Viscoelastic Effects During Biomechanical Testing of Human Brain Tissue. Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering
  Academic article
• Ross, Colton J.; Laurence, Devin W.; Echols, Allyson L.; Babu, Anju R.; Gu, Tingting; Duginski, Grace A.. (2021) Effects of enzyme-based removal of collagen and elastin constituents on the biaxial mechanical responses of porcine atrioventricular heart valve anterior leaflets. Acta Biomaterialia
  Academic article
• Haspinger, Daniel C.; Klinge, Sandra; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2021) Numerical analysis of the impact of cytoskeletal actin filament density alterations onto the diffusive vesicle-mediated cell transport. PLoS Computational Biology
  Academic article
• Holzapfel, Gerhard; Linka, Kevin; Sherifova, Selda; Cyron, Christian J.. (2021) Predictive constitutive modelling of arteries by deep learning. Journal of the Royal Society Interface
  Academic article
• Laurence, Devin W.; Homburg, Hannah; Yan, Feng; Tang, Qinggong; Fung, Kar-Ming; Bohnstedt, Bradley N.. (2021) A pilot study on biaxial mechanical, collagen microstructural, and morphological characterizations of a resected human intracranial aneurysm tissue. Scientific Reports
  Academic article
• Wiegold, T.; Klinge, S.; Gilbert, R.P.; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2021) Numerical simulation of the viral entry into a cell driven by receptor diffusion. Computers and Mathematics with Applications
  Academic article
• Saxena, Amulya K.; Biro, Ede; Sommer, Gerhard; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2021) Esophagus stretch tests: Biomechanics for tissue engineering and possible implications on the outcome of esophageal atresia repairs performed under excessive tension. Esophagus
  Academic article
• Rolf-Pissarczyk, Malte; Wollner, Maximilian P.; Ramalho Queiroz Pacheco, Douglas; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2021) Efficient computational modelling of smooth muscle orientation and function in the aorta. Proceedings of the Royal Society. Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
  Academic article

2020

• Zhang, Will; Capilnasiu, Adela; Sommer, Gerhard; Holzapfel, Gerhard; Nordsletten, David A.. (2020) An efficient and accurate method for modeling nonlinear fractional viscoelastic biomaterials. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  Academic article
• Laurence, Devin W.; Johnson, Emily L.; Hsu, Ming-Chen; Baumwart, Ryan; Mir, Arshid; Burkhart, Harold M.. (2020) A pilot in silico modeling-based study of the pathological effects on the biomechanical function of tricuspid valves. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering
  Academic article
• Comellas, Ester; Budday, Silvia; Pelteret, Jean-Paul; Holzapfel, Gerhard; Steinmann, Paul. (2020) Modeling the porous and viscous responses of human brain tissue behavior. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  Academic article
• Holzapfel, Gerhard; Ogden, Ray W.. (2020) A damage model for collagen fibres with an application to collagenous soft tissues. Proceedings of the Royal Society. Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
  Academic article
• Amabili, Marco; Arena, Goffredo O.; Balasubramanian, Prabakaran; Breslavsky, Ivan D.; Cartier, Raymond; Ferrari, Giovanni. (2020) Biomechanical characterization of a chronic type a dissected human aorta. Journal of Biomechanics
  Academic article
• Anssari-Benam, Afshin; Tseng, Yuan-Tsan; Holzapfel, Gerhard; Bucchi, Andrea. (2020) Rate-dependent mechanical behaviour of semilunar valves under biaxial deformation: From quasi-static to physiological loading rates. Journal of The Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials
  Academic article
• Ross, Colton; Laurence, Devin; Hsu, Ming-Chen; Baumwart, Ryan; Zhao, Yan; Mir, Arshid. (2020) Mechanics of Porcine Heart Valves’ Strut Chordae Tendineae Investigated as a Leaflet–Chordae–Papillary Muscle Entity. Annals of Biomedical Engineering
  Academic article
• Pepe, Antonio; Li, Jianning; Rolf-Pissarczyk, Malte; Gsaxner, Christina; Chen, Xiaojun; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2020) Detection, segmentation, simulation and visualization of aortic dissections: A review. Medical Image Analysis
  Academic article
• Budday, S.; Sarem, M.; Starck, L.; Sommer, G.; Pfefferle, J.; Phunchago, N.. (2020) Towards microstructure-informed material models for human brain tissue. Acta Biomaterialia
  Academic article
• Ross, Colton J.; Hsu, Ming-Chen; Baumwart, Ryan; Mir, Arshid; Burkhart, Harold M.; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2020) Quantification of load-dependent changes in the collagen fiber architecture for the strut chordae tendineae-leaflet insertion of porcine atrioventricular heart valves. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology
  Academic article
• Denli, Funda; Gultekin, Osman; Holzapfel, Gerhard; Dal, Husnu. (2020) A phase-field model for fracture of unidirectional fiber-reinforced polymer matrix composites. Computational Mechanics
  Academic article
• Jett, Samuel; Hudson, Luke; Baumwart, Ryan; Bohnstedt, Bradley; Mir, Arshid; Burkhart, Harold. (2020) Integration of polarized spatial frequency domain imaging (pSFDI) with a biaxial mechanical testing system for quantification of load-dependent collagen architecture in soft collagenous tissues. Acta Biomaterialia
  Academic article
• Holzapfel, Gerhard; Ogden, Ray W. (2020) An arterial constitutive model accounting for collagen content and cross-linking. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  Academic article
• Ramezanpour, Mehdi; Rikhtegar Nezami, Farhad; Ramezanpour, Nahid; Kabinejadian, Foad; Maerefat, Mehdi; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2020) Role of Vessel Microstructure in the Longevity of End-to-Side Grafts. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering
  Academic article
• Geith, Markus A.; Eckmann, Jakob D.; Haspinger, Daniel Ch.; Agrafiotis, Emmanouil; Maier, Dominik; Szabo, Patrick. (2020) Experimental and mathematical characterization of coronary polyamide-12 balloon catheter membranes. PLOS ONE
  Academic article
• Yang, Yingqiao; Li, Kewei; Sommer, Gerhard; Yung, Kai-Leung; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2020) Mechanical characterization of porcine liver properties for computational simulation of indentation on cancerous tissue. Mathematical Medicine and Biology
  Academic article
• Geith, Markus A.; Nothdurfter, Laurenz; Heiml, Manuel; Agrafiotis, Emmanouil; Gruber, Markus; Sommer, Gerhard. (2020) Quantifying stent-induced damage in coronary arteries by investigating mechanical and structural alterations: Quantifying stent-induced vascular damage. Acta Biomaterialia
  Academic article

2019

• Niestrawska, Justyna A; Regitnig, Peter; Viertler, Christian; Cohnert, Tina U; Babu, Anju R; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2019) The role of tissue remodeling in mechanics and pathogenesis of abdominal aortic aneurysms. Acta Biomaterialia
  Academic article
• Bernecker, Claudia; Köfeler, Harald; Pabst, Georg; Trötzmüller, Martin; Kolb, Dagmar; Strohmayer, Karl. (2019) Cholesterol Deficiency Causes Impaired Osmotic Stability of Cultured Red Blood Cells. Frontiers in Physiology
  Academic article
• Geith, Markus A.; Swidergal, Krzysztof; Hochholdinger, Bernd; Schratzenstaller, Thomas G.; Wagner, Marcus; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2019) On the importance of modeling balloon folding, pleating, and stent crimping: An FE study comparing experimental inflation tests. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering
  Academic article
• Anssari-Benam, Afshin; Tseng, Yuan-Tsan; Holzapfel, Gerhard; Bucchi, Andrea. (2019) Rate-dependency of the mechanical behaviour of semilunar heart valves under biaxial deformation. Acta Biomaterialia
  Academic article
• Ross, Colton J; Laurence, Devin W; Richardson, Jacob; Babu, Anju R; Evans, Lauren E; Beyer, Ean G. (2019) An investigation of the glycosaminoglycan contribution to biaxial mechanical behaviours of porcine atrioventricular heart valve leaflets. Journal of the Royal Society Interface
  Academic article
• Liu, Hongliang; Holzapfel, Gerhard; Skallerud, Bjørn Helge; Prot, Victorien Emile. (2019) Anisotropic finite strain viscoelasticity: constitutive modeling and finite element implementation. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  Academic article
• Holzapfel, Gerhard; Ogden, Ray W.; Sherifova, Selda. (2019) On fibre dispersion modelling of soft biological tissues: A review. Proceedings of the Royal Society. Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
  Academic literature review
• Ben-Or Frank, M; Niestrawska, JA; Holzapfel, Gerhard; deBotton, G. (2019) Micromechanically-motivated analysis of fibrous tissue. Journal of The Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials
  Academic article
• Kramer, Katherine E; Ross, Colton J; Laurence, Devin W; Babu, Anju R; Wu, Yi; Towner, Rheal A. (2019) An investigation of layer-specific tissue biomechanics of porcine atrioventricular valve anterior leaflets. Acta Biomaterialia
  Academic article
• Sigaeva, Taisiya; Sommer, Gerhard; Holzapfel, Gerhard; Di Martino, Elena S. (2019) Anisotropic residual stresses in arteries. Journal of the Royal Society Interface
  Academic article
• Li, Kewei; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2019) Multiscale modeling of fiber recruitment and damage with a discrete fiber dispersion method. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  Academic article
• Budday, Silvia; Ovaert, Timothy C; Holzapfel, Gerhard; Steinmann, Paul; Kuhl, Ellen. (2019) Fifty Shades of Brain: A Review on the Mechanical Testing and Modeling of Brain Tissue. Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering
  Academic article
• Horvat, Nino; Virag, Lana; Holzapfel, Gerhard; Soric, Jurica; Karsaj, Igor. (2019) A finite element implementation of a growth and remodeling model for soft biological tissues: Verification and application to abdominal aortic aneurysms. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  Academic article
• Gultekin, Osman; Hager, Sandra Priska; Dal, Husnu; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2019) Computational modeling of progressive damage and rupture in fibrous biological tissues: application to aortic dissection. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology
  Academic article
• Sherifova, Selda; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2019) Biomechanics of aortic wall failure with a focus on dissection and aneurysm: A review. Acta Biomaterialia
  Academic literature review
• Holzapfel, Gerhard; Prot, Victorien Emile; Zhang, Zhiliang. (2019) Solid (Bio)Mechanics: Challenges of the Next Decade. Verlag der Technischen Universität Graz Verlag der Technischen Universität Graz
  Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
• Sherifova, Selda; Sommer, Gerhard; Viertler, Christian; Regitnig, Peter; Caranasos, Thomas; Smith, Margaret Anne. (2019) Failure properties and microstructure of healthy and aneurysmatic human thoracic aortas subjected to uniaxial extension with a focus on the media. Acta Biomaterialia
  Academic article
• Liu, Xuyan; Skallerud, Bjørn Helge; Prot, Victorien Emile; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2019) An Anisotropic Growth Model For Fibrous Tissues: Continuum Formulation and Computational Aspects. International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE)
  Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2018

• Holzapfel, Gerhard; Ogden, Ray W. (2018) Biomechanical relevance of the microstructure in artery walls with a focus on passive and active components. American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology
  Academic literature review
• Gultekin, Osman; Dal, Husnu; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2018) Numerical aspects of anisotropic failure in soft biological tissues favor energy-based criteria: A rate-dependent anisotropic crack phase-field model. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
  Academic article
• McEvoy, Eoin; Holzapfel, Gerhard; McGarry, Patrick. (2018) Compressibility and Anisotropy of the Ventricular Myocardium: Experimental Analysis and Microstructural Modeling. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering
  Academic article
• Li, Kewei; Ogden, Ray W; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2018) An exponential constitutive model excluding fibres under compression: Application to extension?inflation of a residually stressed carotid artery. Mathematics and mechanics of solids
  Academic article
• Erdemir, Ahmet; Hunter, Peter J; Holzapfel, Gerhard; Loew, Leslie M.; Middleton, John; Jacobs, Christopher R.. (2018) Perspectives on sharing models and related resources in computational biomechanics research. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering
  Academic article
• Niestrawska, Justyna A; Ch Haspinger, Daniel; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2018) The influence of fiber dispersion on the mechanical response of aortic tissues in health and disease: a computational study. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering
  Academic article
• Li, Kewei; Ogden, Ray W; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2018) Modeling fibrous biological tissues with a general invariant that excludes compressed fibers. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  Academic article
• Sommer, Gerhard; Benedikt, Christoph; Niestrawska, Justyna A; Hohenberger, Gloria; Viertler, Christian; Regitnig, Peter. (2018) Mechanical response of human subclavian and iliac arteries to extension, inflation and torsion. Acta Biomaterialia
  Academic article
• Klinge, S; Aygun, S; Gilbert, RP; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2018) Multiscale FEM simulations of cross-linked actin network embedded in cytosol with the focus on the filament orientation. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering
  Academic article
• Li, Kewei; Ogden, Ray W.; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2018) A discrete fibre dispersion method for excluding fibres under compression in the modelling of fibrous tissues. Journal of the Royal Society Interface
  Academic article
• Haspinger, Daniel Ch; Murtada, Sae-II; Niestrawska, Justyna A; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2018) Numerical analyses of the interrelation between extracellular smooth muscle orientation and intracellular filament overlap in the human abdominal aorta. Zeitschrift für angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik
  Academic article
• Gultekin, Osman; Dal, Husnu; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2018) On the quasi-incompressible finite element analysis of anisotropic hyperelastic materials. Computational Mechanics
  Academic article
• Holzapfel, Gerhard; Cyron, Christian J.. (2018) Preface of the special issue on mathematical and computational modeling in biomechanics. Zeitschrift für angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik
  Editorial

2017

• Budday, S; Sommer, G; Holzapfel, Gerhard; Steinmann, P; Kuhl, E. (2017) Viscoelastic parameter identification of human brain tissue. Journal of The Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials
  Academic article
• Budday, S; Sommer, G; Haybaeck, J; Steinmann, P; Holzapfel, Gerhard; Kuhl, E. (2017) Rheological characterization of human brain tissue. Acta Biomaterialia
  Academic article
• Holzapfel, Gerhard; Ogden, Ray W. (2017) Preface. Journal of elasticity
  Editorial
• Murtada, Sae-II; Humphrey, Jay D; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2017) Multiscale and Multiaxial Mechanics of Vascular Smooth Muscle. Biophysical Journal
  Academic article
• Holzapfel, Gerhard; Ogden, Ray W. (2017) Comparison of two model frameworks for fiber dispersion in the elasticity of soft biological tissues. European Journal of Mechanics. A, Solids
  Academic article
• Fereidoonnezhad, B; Naghdabadi, R; Sohrabpour, S; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2017) A Mechanobiological model for damage-induced growth in arterial tissue with application to in-stent restenosis. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  Academic article
• Budday, Silvia; Sommer, Gerald; Birkl, Christoph; Langkammer, Christian; Haybaeck, Johannes; Kohnert, Julius. (2017) Mechanical characterization of human brain tissue. Acta Biomaterialia
  Academic article
• Mihai, L Angela; Budday, Silvia; Holzapfel, Gerhard; Kuhl, Ellen; Goriely, Alain. (2017) A family of hyperelastic models for human brain tissue. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  Academic article

2016

• Niestrawska, Justyna A; Viertler, Christian; Regitnig, Peter; Cohnert, Tina U; Sommer, Gerhard; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2016) Microstructure and mechanics of healthy and aneurysmatic abdominal aortas: Experimental analysis and modelling. Journal of the Royal Society Interface
  Academic article
• Stålhand, Jonas; McMeeking, Robert M; Holzapfel, Gerhard. (2016) On the thermodynamics of smooth muscle contraction. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids
  Academic article
• Holzapfel, Gerhard; Ogden, Ray W. (2016) On Fiber Dispersion Models: Exclusion of Compressed Fibers and Spurious Model Comparisons. Journal of elasticity
  Academic article