Myocardial infarction was experimentally induced in rat hearts and harvested immediately, 7, 14 and 28 days after the infarction induction. Anterior wall infarct samples underwent biaxial tensile and uniaxial compressive testing. Orientation of collagen fibres was analysed following mechanical testing. In this paper, we present the tensile and compressive stress-strain raw data, the calculated ...

Microscopic hydrogel spheres can be used to improve the mechanical properties of conventional hydrogels. We prepared ionic-covalent entanglement (ICE) hydrogel microspheres of calcium cross-linked gellan gum and genipin cross-linked gelatin using a water-in-oil emulsion-based processing technique. The method was optimized to produce microspheres with number average diameter 4 ± 1 μm. These ICE ...

The compressive properties of premium quality cocoa beans from Ghana considering the effect of moisture content in the moisture range of 7% to 22 % (w.b) were studied. The results of the study demonstrated that the displacement at maximum load or the deformation and the crushing energy had more positive linear function with moisture content and increased significantly from 0.80 mm to 1.87 mm an...

The in-plane compressive behaviour of thin-skin stiffened composite panels with a stress concentrator in the form of an open hole or low velocity impact damage is examined analytically. A fracture mechanics model, developed initially to predict notched compressive strength, was applied to estimate the compression-after-impact strength of a stiffened panel; in the analysis the impact damage is r...

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common joint disorder found mostly in elderly people. The role 21 of mechanical behavior in the progression of OA is complex and remains unclear. The 22 stress-relaxation behavior of human articular cartilage in clinically defined osteoarthritic stages 23 may have importance in diagnosis and prognosis of OA. In this study we investigated differences 24 in the biomechani...

Controlled, uniform, peening has been used to impose precise cov onto mild steel plate specimens. This was achieved by using an the specimens under a single, precision-loaded, 2mm diameter studies have revealed a surprising relationship between percent surface residual stress. Stress increases almost linearly with low coverages but reaches a maximum at about 80% coverage. At 100% coverage the i...