Unravelling the viscoelastic, buffer-like mechanical behavior of tendons: A numerical quantitative study at the fibril-fiber scale.

We investigate the capacity of tendons to bear substantial loads by exploiting their hierarchical structure and the viscous nature of their subunits. We model and analyze two successive tendon scales: the fibril and fiber subunits. We present a novel method for bridging intra-scale experimental observations by combining a homogenization analysis technique with a Bayesian inference method.

Local modeling of the rolling phenomenon in the cell adhesion kinetics: A probabilistic approach.

Cell adhesion plays an important role in biology: essentially with regard to immunizing defence and the transport of medicinal substances toward specific zones. The focus is here on the mechanical description of adhesion kinetics, in terms of the failure and creation of connections during the rolling phenomenon. Hence, we consider the case of a single cell, which is linked to a rigid substratum.