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Beading instability in soft cylindrical gels with capillary energy: Weakly non-linear analysis and numerical simulations by Taffetani, M., Ciarletta, P.

“…Soft cylindrical gels can develop a long-wavelength peristaltic pattern driven by a competition between surface tension and bulk elastic energy. In contrast to…”
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Limitations of curvature-induced rigidity: How a curved strip buckles under gravity by Taffetani, M., Box, F., Neveu, A., Vella, D.

“…The preference of thin flat sheets to bend rather than stretch, combined with results from geometry, mean that changes in a thin sheet's Gaussian curvature are…”
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Fiber reinforced hydrated networks recapitulate the poroelastic mechanics of articular cartilage by Moore, A.C., Hennessy, M.G., Nogueira, L.P., Franks, S.J., Taffetani, M., Seong, H., Kang, Y.K., Tan, W.S., Miklosic, G., El Laham, R., Zhou, K., Zharova, L., King, J.R., Wagner, B., Haugen, H.J., Münch, A., Stevens, M.M.

“…The role of poroelasticity on the functional performance of articular cartilage has been established in the scientific literature since the 1960s. Despite the…”
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Effect of the anisotropic permeability in the frequency dependent properties of the superficial layer of articular cartilage by Gastaldi, D., Taffetani, M., Raiteri, R., Vena, P.

“…Articular cartilage is a tissue of fundamental importance for the mechanics of joints, since it provides a smooth and lubricated surface for the proper…”
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Poroelastic response of articular cartilage by nanoindentation creep tests at different characteristic lengths by Taffetani, M, Gottardi, R, Gastaldi, D, Raiteri, R, Vena, P

“…Abstract Nanoindentation is an experimental technique which is attracting increasing interests for the mechanical characterization of articular cartilage. In…”
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Poroviscoelastic finite element model including continuous fiber distribution for the simulation of nanoindentation tests on articular cartilage by Taffetani, M, Griebel, M, Gastaldi, D, Klisch, S M, Vena, P

“…Articular cartilage is a soft hydrated tissue that facilitates proper load transfer in diarthroidal joints. The mechanical properties of articular cartilage…”
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Elastocapillarity can control the formation and the morphology of beads-on-string structures in solid fibers by Taffetani, M, Ciarletta, P

“…Beads-on-string patterns have been experimentally observed in solid cylinders for a wide range of material properties and structural lengths, from millimetric…”
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Morphology of residually stressed tubular tissues: Beyond the elastic multiplicative decomposition by Ciarletta, P., Destrade, M., Gower, A.L., Taffetani, M.

“…Many interesting shapes appearing in the biological world are formed by the onset of mechanical instability. In this work we consider how the build-up of…”
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