Rheology as a branch of science is concerned with extending continuum mechanics to characterization of flow of materials, with a combination of elastic, viscous and plastic properties by merging elasticity and (Newtonian) fluid mechanics.
Considering to the limitations of the continuum mechanics on the characterization of nanoscale, the atomistic model featuring the interface could be very important in materials design.
However, continuum mechanics approach to the characterization of interfacial properties has had limited success because it is often unable to incorporate the effects of molecular and chemical interactions into the model.
On the other hand, the application of fractional calculus is very broad, including the characterization of mechanics and electricity, earthquake analysis, the memory of many kinds of material, electronic circuits, electrolysis chemical, etc. [4 6].
In this case, multiple factors acting on different scales are responsible for the high physiological variability in bone mechanics and must therefore be considered for an exhaustive and realistic characterization of bone mechanics [ 18] but can hardly be included or evaluated in the same study.
We also describe efforts to leverage these findings to engineer culture platforms for the characterization of CSC mechanics for discovery and screening.
Experiments and theoretical frameworks are reviewed for the study of surfactant exchange kinetics, macromolecular adsorption equilibrium and dynamics, as well as the fabrication of a wide range of soft surface materials and the characterization of their mechanics.
This companion study presents the biomechanical analysis of the "I-Wire" platform using a modified Hill model of muscle mechanics that allows for further characterization of construct function and response to perturbation.
For characterization of lung mechanics and airway reactivity, a murine ventilator and forced oscillation technique (FOT) was employed.
Such a system paves the way for a thorough characterization of cortical dynamics and mechanics.
