Modeling and Identification of the Mechanical Properties of Achilles Tendon With Application in Health Monitoring

In this study, we develop a modeling and experimental framework for multiscale identification of the biomechanical properties of the human Achilles tendon (AT). For this purpose, we extend our coarse-grained model of collagen fibrous materials with a chemomechanical model of collagen type I decomposition. High-temperature degradation of molecular chains of collagen in a water environment was simulated using a reactive molecular dynamics (MD)...