This thesis studies the micromechanical and biophysical principles of soft tissue mechanobiology. To this end, it introduces a novel experimental device for biaxial tests with tissue equivalents. Additionally, a computational framework for micromechanical simulations of cell-matrix interactions in representative three-dimensional volume elements of soft tissues is proposed. The combination of experiments and simulations with a thorough theoretical analysis allows a novel bottom-up understanding of tissue mechanobiology.
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This thesis studies the micromechanical and biophysical principles of soft tissue mechanobiology. To this end, it introduces a novel experimental device for biaxial tests with tissue equivalents. Additionally, a computational framework for micromechanical simulations of cell-matrix interactions in representative three-dimensional volume elements of soft tissues is proposed. The combination of experiments and simulations with a thorough theoretical analysis allows a novel bottom-up understanding...
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