TC14 - Integrity of Biomedical and Biological Materials

• Proposer: Vadim V. Silberschmidt

• Summary: The aim of this Symposium is to bring together specialists in mechanics and micromechanics of materials, applied mathematics, continuum mechanics, materials science, physics, biomechanics and medical engineering to discuss latest developments and trends in characterisation and testing protocols for biomedical materials as well as biological tissues and organs (both in vivo and in vitro), constitutive equations of their behaviour and advanced numerical simulation schemes.

The topics of the Symposium include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Structural integrity of implants and medical devices (orthopaedic, dental, cardiovascular, etc.);

• Fatigue, creep and biodegradation of biomedical materials used in implants;

• Structural integrity of prostheses;

• Mechanical performance of biomedical materials in vivo;

• Structural integrity of 3d-printed biomedical components and structures;

• Bio-inspired and biomimetic materials and structures;

• Mechanical characterisation of artificial tissues and scaffolds;

• Mechanics of cells;

• Fracture mechanics of biological tissues;

• Damage in hard and soft biotissues;

• Response of biological tissues and biomedical materials to dynamic loading;

• Numerical simulations of properties and performance of biological and biomedical materials and devices.

Participants of this Symposium could consider submitting their full-paper manuscripts to a Special Issue of the Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials (published by Elsevier):

“Damage and Fracture of Biomedical Materials” (Guest Editor – Prof. V. Silberschmidt).