Ellen M. Arruda

Ellen M. Arruda

Associate Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Program in Macromolecular Science and Engineering


E-mail: arruda@umich.edu   Phone: (734) 763-5328
Fax: (734) 615-6647   Office: 3126 GG Brown Lab / 2125


List of Publications:

  1. “Denervation Decreases Tendon Extensibility and Increases Tendon Stiffness”
      Arruda EM, Mundy K, Calve SC, and Baar K
      Journal of Physiology, Submitted in 2004
  2. “Modeling the Large Inelastic Deformation Response of Non-Filled and Silica-Filled SL5170 Cured Resin”
      Wu Z, Ahzi S, Arruda EM, and Makradi A
      Journal of the Materials Science, Submitted in 2004
  3. “Remodeling of Biological Tissue: Mechanically Induced Reorientation of a Transversely Isotropic Chain Network”
      Kuhl E, Garikipati K, Arruda EM, and Grosh K
      Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Submitted in 2004
  4. “Tissue Engineering of Recellularized Microvascular Grafts”
      Borschel GH, Huang YC, Calve SC, Arruda EM, Lynch JB, Dow DE, Kuzon WM, Dennis RG,
      and Brown DL
      Tissue Engineering, To appear in 2005
  5. “Heart Muscle by Design: Self-Organization of Rat Cardiac Cells into Contractile 3D Cardiac Tissue”
      Baar K, Birla R, Boluyt MO, Borschel GH, Arruda EM, and Dennis RG
      Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Journal,
      (Epub ahead of print) To appear in 2005
  6. “Finite Strain Response, Microstructural Evolution and β to α Phase Transformation of Crystalline Isotactic Polypropylene”
      Xu W, Martin DC, and Arruda EM
      Polymer, To appear in 2005
  7. “A Rheological Network Formulation for Orthotropic Viscoelasticity in Soft Tissue”
      Bischoff JE, Arruda EM, and Grosh K
      Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp 56-67, 2004
  8. “A continuum treatment of growth in biological tissue: Mass transport coupled with mechanics”
      Garikipati K, Arruda EM, Grosh K, Narayanan H, and Calve SC
      Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Vol. 52, No. 7, pp 1595-1625, 2004
  9. “Engineering of Functional Tendon”
      Calve SC, Dennis RG, Kosnik P, Baar K, Grosh K, and Arruda EM
      Tissue Engineering, Vol. 10, No. 5/6, pp 755-761, 2004
  10. “Modeling Simulation of Deformation Texture in Semi-Crystalline Polymers: Application to Polypropylene and Nylon-6”
      Ahzi S, Ganesan A, and Arruda EM
      Materials Science Forum, Vols. 408-412, pp 1723-1728, 2002
  11. “Finite Element Simulations of Nonlinear Orthotropic Hyperelasticity”
      Bischoff JE, Arruda EM, and Grosh K
      Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, Vol. 38, pp 983-998, 2002
  12. “Orthotropic Hyperelasticity in Terms of an Arbitrary Molecular Chain Model”
      Bischoff JE, Arruda EM, and Grosh K
      Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 69, pp 198-201, 2002
  13. “A Microstructurally Based Orthotropic Hyperelastic Constitutive Law”
      Bischoff JE, Arruda EM, and Grosh K
      Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 69, pp. 570-579, 2002
  14. “Mesoscale Modeling of Bimodal Elastomer Networks: Constitutive and Optical Theories and Results”
      von Lockette PR, Arruda EM, and Wang Y
      Macromolecules, Vol. 35, No. 18, pp. 7100-7109, 2002
  15. “Swelling and Mechanical Stretching of Elastomeric Materials”
      Boyce MC, and Arruda EM
      Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, Vol. 6, pp 641-659, 2001
  16. “A New Constitutive Model for the Compressibility of Elastomers at Finite Deformations”
      Bischoff JE, Arruda EM, and Grosh K
      Rubber Chemistry and Technology, Vol. 74, No. 4, pp 541-559, 2001
  17. “Computational Annealing of Simulated Unimodal and Bimodal Networks”
      von Lockette PR, Arruda EM
      Computational and Theoretical Polymer Science, Vol. 11, No. 6, pp. 415-428, 2001
  18. “Characterization and Constitutive Modeling of a Plasticized Polyvinylchloride for a Broad Range of Strain Rates”
      Wang Y, Arruda EM, and Przybylo PA
      Rubber Chemistry and Technology, Vol. 74, No. 4, pp 560-573, 2001
  19. “Constitutive Models of Rubber Elasticity: A Review”
      Boyce MC and Arruda EM
      Rubber Chemistry and Technology, Vol. 73, pp 504-523, 2000
  20. “Experimental investigation of Plasticized Polyvinylchloride Using the Split Hopkinson Bar Technique”
      Przybylo PA, Arruda EM, and Chou CC
      SAE Paper No. 2000-01-0610, 2000
  21. “Finite Element Modelling of Human Skin using a Non-Linear Elastic Constitutive Model”
      Bischoff JE, Arruda EM, and Grosh K
      Journal of Biomechanics, Vol. 33, No. 6, pp 645-652, 2000
  22. “The Effect of Process Parameters on Glass Fiber Birefringence Development and Relaxation”
      Lu X, Arruda EM, and Schultz WW
      Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 86, pp 89-104, 1999
  23. “Topological Studies of Bimodal Networks”
      von Lockette PR, and Arruda EM
      Macromolecules, Vol. 32, No. 6, pp 1990-1999, 1999
  24. “A Network Description of the Non-Gaussian Stress-Optic and Raman Scattering Responses of PDMS Networks”
      von Lockette PR, and Arruda EM
      Acta Mechanica, Vol. 134, pp 81-107, 1999
  25. “Experimental Investigations and Numerical Modelling of Incompressible Elastomers during Non-Homogeneous Deformations”
      Przybylo PA, and Arruda EM
      Rubber Chemistry and Technology, Vol. 71, No. 4, pp 730-749, 1998
  26. “The Impact Response of Injection Molded Polypropylene Trim Panel Material: Homogeneity, Isotropy and Constitutive Modelling”
      Przybylo PA, Arruda EM, Li Y and Chou CC
      SAE SP-1320, Safety Test Methodologies, pp 1-11, 1997.
  27. “Rate Dependent Deformation of Semi-Crystalline Polypropylene Near Room Temperature”
      Arruda EM, Ahzi S, Li Y, and Ganesan A
      Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, Vol. 119, No. 3, pp 216-222, 1997
  28. “Nonisothermal Model of Glass Fiber Drawing Stability”
      Gupta GK, Schultz WW, Arruda EM, and Lu X
      Rheologica Acta, Vol. 35, pp 584-596, 1996
  29. “An Investigation into the Three Dimensional Stress-Birefringence-Strain Relationship in Elastomers”
      Przybylo PA, and Arruda EM
      Polymer Engineering and Science, Vol. 35, No. 5, pp 1-8, 1995
  30. “Effects of Strain Rate, Temperature and Thermomechanical Coupling on the Finite Strain Deformation Response of Glassy Polymers”
      Arruda EM, Boyce MC, and Jayachandran R
      Mechanics of Materials, Vol. 19, pp 193-212, 1995
  31. “The Large Strain Compression, Tension and Simple Shear of Polycarbonate”
      Boyce MC, Arruda EM, and Jayachandran R
      Polymer Engineering and Science, Vol. 34, No. 9, pp 716-725, 1994
  32. “Effects of Initial Anisotropy on the Finite Strain Deformation Behavior of Glassy Polymers”
      Arruda EM, Quintus-Bosz H, and Boyce MC
      International Journal of Plasticity, Vol. 9, No. 7, pp 783-811, 1993
  33. “Evolution of Plastic Anisotropy in Amorphous Polymers During Finite Straining”
      Arruda EM, and Boyce MC
      International Journal of Plasticity, Vol. 9, No. 6, pp. 697-720, 1993
  34. “A Three-Dimensional Constitutive Model for the Large Stretch Behavior of Rubber Elastic Materials”
      Arruda EM, and Boyce MC
      Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Vol. 41, No. 2, pp. 389-412, 1993
  35. “An Experimental and Analytical Investigation of the Large Strain Compressive and Tensile Response of Glassy Polymers”
      Boyce MC, and Arruda EM
      Polymer Engineering and Science, Vol. 30, No. 20, pp. 1288-1298, 1990

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