Biomedical Technology

Part I. Biological Systems

1. Multiscale Aspects in the Multiphasic Modelling of Human Brain Tissue
Wolfgang Ehlers, Arndt Wagner

2. Simulation of Steatosis Zonation in Liver Lobule—A Continuummechanical Bi-Scale, Tri-Phasic, Multi-Component Approach
Tim Ricken, Navina Waschinsky, Daniel Werner

3. Nano-Mechanical Tensile Behavior of the SPTA1 Gene in the Presence of Hereditary Hemolytic Anemia-Related Point Mutations
Melis Hunt

4. The Choice of a Performance Indicator of Release in Transdermal Drug Delivery Systems
Giuseppe Pontrelli, Laurent Simon

Part II. Cardiovascular Medicine

5. Multiscale Multiphysic Approaches in Vascular Hemodynamics
Michael Neidlin, Tim A S Kaufmann, Ulrich Steinseifer, Thomas Schmitz-Rode

6. Heart Valve Flow Computation with the Space–Time Slip Interface Topology Change (ST-SI-TC) Method and Isogeometric Analysis (IGA)
Kenji Takizawa, Tayfun E. Tezduyar, Takuya Terahara, Takafumi Sasaki

7. Estimation of Element-Based Zero-Stress State in Arterial FSI Computations with Isogeometric Wall Discretization
Kenji Takizawa, Tayfun E. Tezduyar, Takafumi Sasaki

8. Fluid-Structure Interaction Modeling in 3D Cerebral Arteries and Aneurysms
Yue Yu

9. Large-Eddy Simulation of Turbulence in Cardiovascular Flows
F. Nicoud, C. Chnafa, J. Siguenza, V. Zmijanovic, S. Mendez

10. Computational Comparison Between Newtonian and Non-Newtonian Blood Rheologies in Stenotic Vessels
Bruno Guerciotti, Christian Vergara

11. Artificial Textile Reinforced Tubular Aortic Heart Valves—Multi-scale Modelling and Experimental Validation
Deepanshu Sodhani, R. Varun Raj, Jaan Simon, Stefanie Reese, Ricardo Moreira, Valentine Gesché, Stefan Jockenhoevel, Petra Mela, Bertram Stier, Scott E. Stapleton

12. Preliminary Monolithic Fluid Structure Interaction Model for Ventricle Contraction
D. Cerroni, D. Giommi, S. Manservisi, F. Mengini

13. The Biomechanical Rupture Risk Assessment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms—Method and Clinical Relevance
T. Christian Gasser

Part III. Dentistry

14. A Deeper Insight of a Multi-dimensional Continuum Biofilm Growth Model: Experimental Observation and Parameter Studies
Dianlei Feng, Henryke Rath, Insa Neuweiler, Nico Stumpp, Udo Nackenhorst, Meike Stiesch

15. Multiscale Experimental and Computational Investigation of Nature’s Design Principle of Hierarchies in Dental Enamel
Songyun Ma, Ingo Scheider, Ezgi D. Yilmaz, Gerold A. Schneider, Swantje Bargmann

Part IV. Orthopaedics

16. Challenges in Total Hip Arthroplasty
Gabriela Lewinski, Thilo Floerkemeier

17. Personalized Orthopedic Trauma Surgery by Applied Clinical Mechanics
M. Roland, T. Tjardes, T. Dahmen, P. Slusallek, B. Bouillon, S. Diebels

Part V. Otology

18. Measurement of Intracochlear Pressure Differences in Human Temporal Bones Using an Off-the-Shelf Pressure Sensor
Martin Grossöhmichen, Rolf Salcher, Thomas Lenarz, Hannes Maier

19. Development of a Parametric Model of the Electrically Stimulated Auditory Nerve
Waldo Nogueira, Go Ashida

Keywords: Engineering, Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials, Biomedical Engineering, Regenerative Medicine/Tissue Engineering, Health Informatics, Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology