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Dr Afshin Anssari-Benam

Senior Lecturer

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  1. 2020
  2. Early online

    A generalised neo-Hookean strain energy function for application to the finite deformation of elastomers

    Dr Afshin Anssari-Benam & Dr Andrea Bucchi, 16 Oct 2020, In: International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics. 103626.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  3. Early online

    Specialised strain energy functions for modelling the contribution of the collagen network (Waniso) to the deformation of soft tissues

    Dr Afshin Anssari-Benam, Dr Martino Pani & Dr Andrea Bucchi, 13 Apr 2020, In: Journal of Applied Mechanics.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  4. Early online

    Rate-dependent mechanical behaviour of semilunar valves under biaxial deformation: from quasi-static to physiological loading rates

    Dr Afshin Anssari-Benam, Yuan-Tsan Tseng, Gerhard A. Holzapfel & Dr Andrea Bucchi, 23 Jan 2020, In: Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. 103645.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  5. 2019
  6. Published

    Rate-dependency of the mechanical behaviour of semilunar heart valves under biaxial deformation

    Dr Afshin Anssari-Benam, Yuan-Tsan Tseng, Gerhard A. Holzapfel & Dr Andrea Bucchi, 1 Apr 2019, In: Acta Biomaterialia. 88, p. 120-130 11 p., 0.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  7. Early online

    Insights into the micromechanics of stress-relaxation and creep behaviours in the aortic valve

    Dr Afshin Anssari-Benam, Hazel R. C. Screen & Dr Andrea Bucchi, 12 Feb 2019, In: Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  8. 2018
  9. Published

    A transverse isotropic constitutive model for the aortic valve tissue incorporating rate-dependency and fibre dispersion: application to biaxial deformation

    Dr Afshin Anssari-Benam, Yuan-Tsan Tseng & Dr Andrea Bucchi, 1 Sep 2018, In: Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. 85, p. 80-93 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  10. Published

    Modelling the deformation of the elastin network in the aortic valve

    Dr Afshin Anssari-Benam & Dr Andrea Bucchi, 1 Jan 2018, In: Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. 140, 1, p. 1-12 12 p., 011004.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  11. 2017
  12. Published

    A transverse isotropic viscoelastic constitutive model for aortic valve tissue

    Dr Afshin Anssari-Benam, Dr Andrea Bucchi, Hazel R. C. Screen & Sam L. Evans, 11 Jan 2017, In: Royal Society Open Science. 4, 20 p., 160585.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  13. 2016
  14. Published

    Evaluation of bioprosthetic heart valve failure using a matrix-fibril shear stress transfer approach

    Dr Afshin Anssari-Benam, Asa Hilton Barber & Dr Andrea Bucchi, Feb 2016, In: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine. 27, 42, p. 1-11

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  15. 2015
  16. Published

    Unified viscoelasticity: applying discrete element models to soft tissues with two characteristic times

    Dr Afshin Anssari-Benam, Dr Andrea Bucchi & Dan L. Bader , 30 Sep 2015, In: Journal of Biomechanics. 48, 12, p. 3128-3134 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  17. 2014
  18. Published

    Is the time-dependent behaviour of the aortic valve intrinsically quasi-linear?

    Dr Afshin Anssari-Benam, 1 May 2014, In: Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials. 18, 2, p. 339-348

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  19. 2013
  20. Published

    Atherosclerotic plaques: is endothelial shear stress the only factor?

    Dr Afshin Anssari-Benam & Theodosios Korakianitis, Aug 2013, In: Medical Hypotheses. 81, 2, p. 235-239

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  21. Published

    An experimental model to simulate arterial pulsatile flow: in-vitro pressure and pressure gradient wave study

    Dr Afshin Anssari-Benam & Theodosios Korakianitis, Apr 2013, In: Experimental Mechanics. 53, 4, p. 649-660

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  22. Published

    Response to letter to the editor: "End effects in mechanical testing of biomaterials"

    Dr Afshin Anssari-Benam, Kirsten Legerlotz , Dan L. Bader & Hazel R. C. Screen, Mar 2013, In: Journal of Biomechanics. 46, 5, p. 1040-1042

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

  23. 2012
  24. Published

    On the specimen length dependency of tensile mechanical properties in soft tissues: gripping effects and the characteristic decay length

    Dr Afshin Anssari-Benam, Kirsten Legerlotz , Dan L. Bader & Hazel R. C. Screen, 21 Sep 2012, In: Journal of Biomechanics. 45, 14, p. 2481-2482

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

  25. Published

    Strain transfer through the aortic valve

    Dr Afshin Anssari-Benam, H. Gupta & H. Screen, 8 Jun 2012, In: Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. 134, 6, p. 061003 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  26. 2011
  27. Published

    Anisotropic strain transfer through the aortic valve and its relevance to the cellular mechanical environment

    A. D. Lewinsohn, Dr Afshin Anssari-Benam, D. A. Lee, P. M. Taylor, A. H. Chester, M. H. Yacoub & H. R. C. Screen, 1 Aug 2011, In: Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine. 225, 8, p. 821-830

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  28. Published

    A combined experimental and modelling approach to aortic valve viscoelasticity in tensile deformation

    Dr Afshin Anssari-Benam, Dan L. Bader & Hazel R. C. Screen, Feb 2011, In: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine. 22, 2, p. 253-262

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  29. Published

    Anisotropic time-dependant behaviour of the aortic valve

    Dr Afshin Anssari-Benam, Dan L. Bader & Hazel R. C. Screen, 2011, In: Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. 4, 8, p. 1603-1610

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  30. 2010
  31. Published

    Thermodynamic effects of linear dissipative small deformations

    Dr Afshin Anssari-Benam, Giuseppe Viola & Theodosios Korakianitis, Jun 2010, In: Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. 100, 3, p. 941-947

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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