| Structural and mechanical adaptations of right ventricle free wall myocardium to pressure overload MR Hill, MA Simon, D Valdez-Jasso, W Zhang, HC Champion, MS Sacks Annals of biomedical engineering 42, 2451-2465, 2014 | 113 | 2014 |
| Biomechanical behavior of bioprosthetic heart valve heterograft tissues: Characterization, simulation, and performance JS Soares, KR Feaver, W Zhang, D Kamensky, A Aggarwal, MS Sacks Cardiovascular engineering and technology 7, 309-351, 2016 | 90 | 2016 |
| A novel crosslinking method for improved tear resistance and biocompatibility of tissue based biomaterials H Tam, W Zhang, KR Feaver, N Parchment, MS Sacks, N Vyavahare Biomaterials 66, 83-91, 2015 | 86 | 2015 |
| A meso-scale layer-specific structural constitutive model of the mitral heart valve leaflets W Zhang, S Ayoub, J Liao, MS Sacks Acta biomaterialia 32, 238-255, 2016 | 77 | 2016 |
| A novel constitutive model for passive right ventricular myocardium: evidence for myofiber–collagen fiber mechanical coupling R Avazmohammadi, MR Hill, MA Simon, W Zhang, MS Sacks Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology 16, 561-581, 2017 | 76 | 2017 |
| Fixation of bovine pericardium-based tissue biomaterial with irreversible chemistry improves biochemical and biomechanical properties H Tam, W Zhang, D Infante, N Parchment, M Sacks, N Vyavahare Journal of cardiovascular translational research 10, 194-205, 2017 | 70 | 2017 |
| On the presence of affine fibril and fiber kinematics in the mitral valve anterior leaflet CH Lee, W Zhang, J Liao, CA Carruthers, JI Sacks, MS Sacks Biophysical journal 108 (8), 2074-2087, 2015 | 64 | 2015 |
| On the simulation of mitral valve function in health, disease, and treatment MS Sacks, A Drach, CH Lee, AH Khalighi, BV Rego, W Zhang, S Ayoub, ... Journal of biomechanical engineering 141 (7), 070804, 2019 | 55 | 2019 |
| A novel fibre-ensemble level constitutive model for exogenous cross-linked collagenous tissues MS Sacks, W Zhang, S Wognum Interface focus 6 (1), 20150090, 2016 | 49 | 2016 |
| A generalized method for the analysis of planar biaxial mechanical data using tethered testing configurations W Zhang, Y Feng, CH Lee, KL Billiar, MS Sacks Journal of biomechanical engineering 137 (6), 064501, 2015 | 47 | 2015 |
| An efficient and accurate method for modeling nonlinear fractional viscoelastic biomaterials W Zhang, A Capilnasiu, G Sommer, GA Holzapfel, DA Nordsletten Computer methods in applied mechanics and engineering 362, 112834, 2020 | 43 | 2020 |
| Insights into regional adaptations in the growing pulmonary artery using a meso-scale structural model: effects of ascending aorta impingement B Fata, W Zhang, R Amini, MS Sacks Journal of biomechanical engineering 136 (2), 021009, 2014 | 41 | 2014 |
| Modeling the response of exogenously crosslinked tissue to cyclic loading: The effects of permanent set W Zhang, MS Sacks Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials 75, 336-350, 2017 | 40 | 2017 |
| A viscoelastic model for human myocardium D Nordsletten, A Capilnasiu, W Zhang, A Wittgenstein, ... Acta Biomaterialia 135, 441-457, 2021 | 37 | 2021 |
| Comparative analysis of nonlinear viscoelastic models across common biomechanical experiments W Zhang, A Capilnasiu, D Nordsletten Journal of Elasticity 145 (1), 117-152, 2021 | 31 | 2021 |
| On the in vivo function of the mitral heart valve leaflet: insights into tissue–interstitial cell biomechanical coupling CH Lee, W Zhang, K Feaver, RC Gorman, JH Gorman, MS Sacks Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology 16, 1613-1632, 2017 | 28 | 2017 |
| Large strain stimulation promotes extracellular matrix production and stiffness in an elastomeric scaffold model A D'Amore, JS Soares, JA Stella, W Zhang, NJ Amoroso, JE Mayer Jr, ... Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials 62, 619-635, 2016 | 26 | 2016 |
| A material modeling approach for the effective response of planar soft tissues for efficient computational simulations W Zhang, R Zakerzadeh, W Zhang, MS Sacks Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials 89, 168-198, 2019 | 19 | 2019 |
| Simulating the time evolving geometry, mechanical properties, and fibrous structure of bioprosthetic heart valve leaflets under cyclic loading W Zhang, S Motiwale, MC Hsu, MS Sacks Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials 123, 104745, 2021 | 16 | 2021 |
| The effects of viscoelasticity on residual strain in aortic soft tissues W Zhang, G Sommer, JA Niestrawska, GA Holzapfel, D Nordsletten Acta Biomaterialia 140, 398-411, 2022 | 14 | 2022 |
Michael SacksW.A. Moncrief Chair and Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Unversity of Texas at AustinVerified email at oden.utexas.edu
