Part 1. Theoretical Basis: Continuum Mechanics, Homogenization Methods, Thermodynamics of Growing Solid Bodies 1. Tensor Calculus Jean-François GANGHOFFER 2. Continuum Mechanics Jean-François GANGHOFFER 3. Constitutive Models of Soft and Hard Living Tissues Jean-François GANGHOFFER 4. Discrete Homogenization of Network Materials Jean-François GANGHOFFER and Khaled EL NADY 5. Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Volumetric and Surface Growth Jean-François GANGHOFFER
Part 2. Multiscale Bone Mechanics 6. Micropolar Models of Trabecular Bone Jean-François GANGHOFFER and Ibrahim GODA 7. Size-Dependent Dynamic Behavior of Trabecular Bone Jean-François GANGHOFFER, Ibrahim GODA, Rachid RAHOUADJ 8. Prediction of Size Effects in Bone Brittle and Plastic Collapse Jean-François GANGHOFFER and Ibrahim GODA 9. Multiscale Aspects of Bone Internal and External Remodeling Jean-François GANGHOFFER and Ibrahim GODA 10. Integrated Remodeling to Fatigue Damage Model of Bone Jean-François GANGHOFFER and Ibrahim GODA
Part 3. Mechanics of Soft Biological Tissues: The Intervertebral Disk, Biological Networks, Ligaments and Tendons 11. Micromechanics of the Intervertebral Disk Adrien BALDIT 12. Effective Mechanical Response of Biological Membranes Khaled EL NADY, Jean-François GANGHOFFER and Ibrahim GODA 13. Micromechanics of Ligaments and Tendons Cédric LAURENT
Jean-François Ganghoffer is Professor at the University of Lorraine in Nancy, France, and researcher in LEM3, a research unit affiliated to CNRS. His main research topics concern the biomechanics of bone, homogenization methods for architectured materials, and the mechanics of generalized continua.