Professor Mazza’s research deals with experimental continuum mechanics, applied for the solution of challenging engineering problems. Novel experimental techniques are developed for the ...

The Applied Mathematics group in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Manchester has a long-standing international reputation for its research. Expertise in the group encompasses a broad ...

Key to our work is: Development of analytical models through statistical mechanics & continuum mechanics. Utilization of computational tools including finite element analysis, discrete networks, and ...

This course covers the fundamentals of continuum mechanics and constitutive modeling relevant for soft biological tissues. Constitutive models covered include nonlinear elasticity and viscoelasticity.