Recent Publications

T. Rahimzadeh, E. M. Arruda, and M. D. Thouless, “Design of armor for protection against blast and impact,” J. Mech. Phys. Solids, vol. 85, pp. 98–111, 2015. (weblink/download)

M. Yang, K. Cao, B. Yeom, M. D. Thouless, A. Waas, E. M. Arruda, and N. A. Kotov, “Aramid nanofiber-reinforced transparent nanocomposites,” J. Compos. Mater., vol. 49, no. 15, pp. 1873–1879, 2015. (weblink/download)

T. Sain, J. Meaud, B. Yeom, A. M. Waas, and E. M. Arruda, “Rate dependent finite strain constitutive modeling of polyurethane and polyurethane-clay nanocomposites,” Int. J. Solids Struct., vol. 54, pp. 147–155, 2015. (weblink/download)

B. C. Marchi and E. M. Arruda, “An error-minimizing approach to inverse Langevin approximations,” Rheol. Acta, vol. 54, no. 11–12, pp. 887–902, 2015. (weblink/download)

Z. Zhao and E. M. Arruda, “An internal cure for damaged polymers,” Science (80-. )., vol. 344, no. 6184, pp. 591–592, 2014. (weblink/download)

J. Meaud, T. Sain, B. Yeom, S. J. Park, A. B. Shoultz, G. Hulbert, Z. D. Ma, N. A. Kotov, A. J. Hart, E. M. Arruda, and A. M. Waas, “Simultaneously high stiffness and damping in nanoengineered microtruss composites,” ACS Nano, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 3468–3475, 2014. (weblink/download)

T. Sain, B. Yeom, A. M. Waas, and E. M. Arruda, “Effect of soft segment and clay volume fraction on rate dependent damping of polyurethane and polyurethane-clay nanocomposites,” J. Reinf. Plast. Compos., vol. 33, no. 23, pp. 2129–2135, 2014. (weblink/download)

K. Cao, C. P. Siepermann, M. Yang, A. M. Waas, N. A. Kotov, M. D. Thouless, and E. M. Arruda, “Reactive aramid nanostructures as high-performance polymeric building blocks for advanced composites,” Adv. Funct. Mater., vol. 23, no. 16, pp. 2072–2080, 2013. (weblink/download)

T. Sain, J. Meaud, G. Hulbert, E. M. Arruda, and A. M. Waas, “Simultaneously high stiffness and damping in a class of wavy layered composites,” Compos. Struct., vol. 101, pp. 104–110, 2013. (weblink/download)

Y. Li, A. M. Waas, and E. M. Arruda, “A closed-form, hierarchical, multi-interphase model for composites - Derivation, verification and application to nanocomposites,” J. Mech. Phys. Solids, vol. 59, no. 1, pp. 43–63, 2011. (weblink/download)

Y. Li, A. M. Waas, and E. M. Arruda, “The effects of the interphase and strain gradients on the elasticity of layer by layer (LBL) polymer/clay nanocomposites,” Int. J. Solids Struct., vol. 48, no. 6, pp. 1044–1053, 2011. (weblink/download)

A. K. Kaushik, A. M. Waas, and E. M. Arruda, “A constitutive model for finite deformation response of layered polyurethane-montmorillonite nanocomposites,” Mech. Mater., vol. 43, no. 4, pp. 186–193, 2011. (weblink/download)

M. Yang, K. Cao, L. Sui, Y. Qi, J. Zhu, A. Waas, E. M. Arruda, J. Kieffer, M. D. Thouless, and N. A. Kotov, “Dispersions of Aramid Nanofibers: A New Nanoscale Building Block,” ACS Nano, vol. 5, no. 9, pp. 6945–6954, 2011. (weblink/download)

E. Kheng, H. R. Iyer, P. Podsiadlo, A. K. Kaushik, N. A. Kotov, E. M. Arruda, and A. M. Waas, “Fracture toughness of exponential layer-by-layer polyurethane/poly(acrylic acid) nanocomposite films,” Eng. Fract. Mech., vol. 77, no. 16, pp. 3227–3245, 2010. (weblink/download)

C. M. Luetkemeyer, L. Cai, C. P. Neu, and E. M. Arruda, “Full-volume displacement mapping of anterior cruciate ligament bundles with dualMRI,” Extrem. Mech. Lett., vol. 19, pp. 7–14, 2018. (weblink/download)

B. C. Marchi, C. M. Luetkemeyer, and E. M. Arruda, “Evaluating continuum level descriptions of the medial collateral ligament,” Int. J. Solids Struct., vol. 138, pp. 245–263, 2018. (weblink/download)

B. C. Marchi and E. M. Arruda, “Generalized error-minimizing, rational inverse Langevin approximations,” Math. Mech. Solids, p. 108128651775413, 2018. (weblink/download)

K. F. Mallett and E. M. Arruda, “Digital image correlation-aided mechanical characterization of the anteromedial and posterolateral bundles of the anterior cruciate ligament,” Acta Biomater., vol. 56, pp. 44–57, 2017. (weblink/download)

B. Yeom, T. Sain, N. Lacevic, D. Bukharina, S. H. Cha, A. M. Waas, E. M. Arruda, and N. A. Kotov, “Abiotic tooth enamel,” Nature, vol. 543, no. 7643, pp. 95–98, 2017. (weblink/download)

B. C. Marchi and E. M. Arruda, “A study on the role of articular cartilage soft tissue constitutive form in models of whole knee biomechanics,” Biomech. Model. Mechanobiol., vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 117–138, 2017. (weblink/download)

S. G. McLean, K. F. Mallett, and E. M. Arruda, “Deconstructing the Anterior Cruciate Ligament: What We Know and Do Not Know About Function, Material Properties, and Injury Mechanics,” J. Biomech. Eng., vol. 137, no. 2, p. 20906, 2015. (weblink/download)

J. M. Deneweth, E. M. Arruda, and S. G. McLean, “Hyperelastic modeling of location-dependent human distal femoral cartilage mechanics,” Int. J. Non. Linear. Mech., vol. 68, pp. 146–156, 2015. (weblink/download)

J. M. Deneweth, S. G. McLean, and E. M. Arruda, “Evaluation of hyperelastic models for the non-linear and non-uniform high strain-rate mechanics of tibial cartilage,” J. Biomech., vol. 46, no. 10, pp. 1604–1610, 2013. (weblink/download)

J. M. Deneweth, K. E. Newman, S. M. Sylvia, S. G. McLean, and E. M. Arruda, “Heterogeneity of tibial plateau cartilage in response to a physiological compressive strain rate,” J. Orthop. Res., vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 370–375, 2013. (weblink/download)

J. Ma and E. M. Arruda, “A Micromechanical Viscoelastic Constitutive Model for Native and Engineered Anterior Cruciate Ligaments,” in Computer Models of Biomechanics, Springer Netherlands, 2013, pp. 351–363. (weblink/download)

D. Ambrosi, G. A. Ateshian, E. M. Arruda, S. C. Cowin, J. Dumais, A. Goriely, G. A. Holzapfel, J. D. Humphrey, R. Kemkemer, E. Kuhl, J. E. Olberding, L. A. Taber, and K. Garikipati, “Perspectives on biological growth and remodeling,” J. Mech. Phys. Solids, vol. 59, no. 4, pp. 863–883, 2011. (weblink/download)

L. K. Wood, E. M. Arruda, and S. V. Brooks, “Regional stiffening with aging in tibialis anterior tendons of mice occurs independent of changes in collagen fibril morphology,” J. Appl. Physiol., vol. 111, no. 4, pp. 999–1006, 2011. (weblink/download)

H. Narayanan, E. M. Arruda, K. Grosh, and K. Garikipati, “The micromechanics of fluid-solid interactions during growth in porous soft biological tissue,” Biomech. Model. Mechanobiol., vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 167–181, 2009. (weblink/download)

S. S. Novakova, V. D. Mahalingam, S. E. Florida, C. L. Mendias, A. Allen, E. M. Arruda, A. Bedi, and L. M. Larkin, “Tissue-engineered tendon constructs for rotator cuff repair in sheep,” J. Orthop. Res., pp. 1–11, 2017. (weblink/download)

M. J. Smietana, P. Moncada-Larrotiz, E. M. Arruda, A. Bedi, and L. M. Larkin, “Tissue-Engineered Tendon for Enthesis Regeneration in a Rat Rotator Cuff Model,” Biores. Open Access, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 47–57, 2017. (weblink/download)

V. Mahalingam, E. M. Wojtys, D. M. Wellik, E. M. Arruda, and L. M. Larkin, “Fresh and Frozen Tissue-Engineered Three-Dimensional Bone–Ligament–Bone Constructs for Sheep Anterior Cruciate Ligament Repair Following a 2-Year Implantation,” Biores. Open Access, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 289–298, 2016. (weblink/download)

V. D. Mahalingam, N. Behbahani-Nejad, E. A. Ronan, T. J. Olsen, M. J. Smietana, E. M. Wojtys, D. M. Wellik, E. M. Arruda, and L. M. Larkin, “Fresh Versus Frozen Engineered Bone–Ligament–Bone Grafts for Sheep Anterior Cruciate Ligament Repair,” Tissue Eng. Part C Methods, vol. 21, no. 6, pp. 548–556, 2015. (weblink/download)

V. D. Mahalingam, N. Behbahani-Nejad, S. V. Horine, T. J. Olsen, M. J. Smietana, E. M. Wojtys, D. M. Wellik, E. M. Arruda, and L. M. Larkin, “Allogeneic Versus Autologous Derived Cell Sources for Use in Engineered Bone-Ligament-Bone Grafts in Sheep Anterior Cruciate Ligament Repair,” Tissue Eng. Part A, vol. 21, no. 5–6, pp. 1047–1054, 2015. (weblink/download)

M. R. Weist, M. S. Wellington, J. E. Bermudez, T. Kostrominova, C. L. Mendias, E. M. Arruda, and L. M. Larkin, “TGF-b1 enhances contractility in engineered skeletal muscle,” J. Tissue Eng. Regen. Med., vol. 7, no. 7, pp. 562–571, 2013. (weblink/download)

M. L. Williams, T. Y. Kostrominova, E. M. Arruda, and L. M. Larkin, “Effect of implantation on engineered skeletal muscle constructs,” J. Tissue Eng. Regen. Med., vol. 7, no. 6, pp. 434–442, 2013. (weblink/download)

A. M. Adams, E. M. Arruda, and L. M. Larkin, “Use of adipose-derived stem cells to fabricate scaffoldless tissue-engineered neural conduits in vitro,” Neuroscience, vol. 201, pp. 349–356, 2012. (weblink/download)

S. Calve, I. F. Lytle, K. Grosh, D. L. Brown, and E. M. Arruda, “Implantation increases tensile strength and collagen content of self-assembled tendon constructs,” J. Appl. Physiol., vol. 108, no. 4, pp. 875–81, 2010. (weblink/download)

J. Ma, K. Goble, M. Smietana, T. Kostrominova, L. Larkin, and E. M. Arruda, “Morphological and Functional Characteristics of Three-Dimensional Engineered Bone-Ligament-Bone Constructs Following Implantation,” J. Biomech. Eng., vol. 131, no. 10, p. 101017, 2009. (weblink/download)

F. N. Syed-picard, L. M. Larkin, C. M. Shaw, and E. M. Arruda, “Three-Dimensional Engineered Bone from Bone Marrow Stromal Cells and Their Autogenous Extracellular Matrx,” Tissue Eng. Part A, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 187–195, 2009. (weblink/download)