Structural Interfaces and Attachments in Biology /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Thomopoulos, Stavros. (Editor), Birman, Victor. (Editor), Genin, Guy M. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edition:1st ed. 2013.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Attachment of Dissimilar Materials: Challenges and Solutions
  • The Challenge of Attaching Dissimilar Materials
  • Functionally Graded Materials in Engineering
  • Singularities at the Attachment of Dissimilar Materials
  • Part II: Natural Examples of Transitions from Stiff to Compliant Materials
  • Ligament and Tendon Enthesis: Anatomy and Mechanics
  • The Bone-Cartilage Interface
  • Muscle-Tendon Interactions in The Absence of Bones: Lessons from the Fruit Fly, Drosophilf
  • Dentin/Adhesive Interfaces in Teeth
  • Specific Adhesion of Soft Elastic Materials
  • Diversified Material Designs in The Biological Underwater Adhesives
  • Mechanics of Self-Similar Hierarchical Adhesive Structures Inspired by Gecko
  • Part III: Regeneration of Interfaces - Development, Healing, and Tissue Engineering
  • Mechanobiology at The Attachment of Tendon to Bone
  • Soft Tissue to Bone Healing in Rotator Cuff Repair
  • Soft Tissue to Bone Healing in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
  • Engineering Graded Tissue Interfaces
  • Engineering Fibrous Tissues and their Interface with Bone
  • Synthesis of Layered, Graded Bioscaffolds.