Experimental and Analysis Methods for Biomaterials and Biomechanics

TOPICAL COLLECTIONS

Guest Editors

Fengxun Li

Ludong University, Ulsan Ship and Ocean College

Dr. Li received his M.S. degree and PhD degree from Chonnam National University, Republic of Korea in 2007 and 2012. Currently, Dr. Li is an Assistant Professor of the Ulsan Ship and Ocean College, Ludong University, China. His research interests include the mechanical behaviors of various materials such as biomaterial & metal alloys, simulation & optimization for multi-physics systems, failure and fatigue mechanism.

Jun Ding

Chongqing University of Technology

Dr. Ding received his MS degree from Chongqing University, China in 2004, and PhD degree from Chonnam National University, Republic of Korea, in 2009. Currently, Dr. Ding is a Professor at the School of Mechanical Engineering, Chongqing University of Technology, China. His research interests include the mechanical behaviors of various materials such as biomaterial, metal alloys and hydrogen storage material by means of experimental measurement, numerical simulation and theoretical derivation.

Yunde Shen

Wenzhou University

Dr. Shen received his MS degree and PhD degree from Chonnam National University, Republic of Korea in 2003 and 2007. Currently, Dr. Shen is a Professor and Senior Engineer of the College of Mechanical and Electrical  Engineering, Wenzhou University, China. Additionally, Dr. Shen is a doctorial cosupervisor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chonnam National University, Republic of Korea. His research interests include the mechanical behaviors of various materials such as biomaterial & metal alloys, simulation & optimization for multi-physics systems, mechatronics and robotics.

Zhenzhe Li

Wenzhou University, College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering

Dr. Li received his MS degree from Konkuk University, Republic of Korea in 2005, and PhD degree from Chonnam National University, Republic of Korea, in 2009. Currently, Dr. Li is an Assistant Professor at the College of Mechanical and Electrical  Engineering, Wenzhou University, China. Additionally, Dr. Li is a doctorial cosupervisor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chonnam National University, Republic of Korea. Partly, Dr. Li acts as an Associate Editor of Journal of The Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences. His research interests include the mechanical behaviors of various materials such as biomaterial & metal alloys, simulation & optimization for multi-physics systems, thermal barrier coating systems for gas turbine engines.

Collection Overview

Interdisciplinary problems are increasingly important to researchers from all fields. Due to their multidisciplinary characteristics, such studies should be performed in cooperation with other researchers with complementary areas of expertise. Research on biomaterials and biomechanics is currently one of the most important interdisciplinary research fields. As we know, this field is connected to materials science, mechanics, bioengineering, mathematics, etc. Therefore, it is not straightforward to characterize biomedical systems. Furthermore, because of their flexible characteristics, testing and visualization of biomaterials’ properties and the performance of biomedical systems present substantial difficulties. Thus, we want to contribute to the improvement of the field through this Method Collection. The scope includes: (a) Testing methods for biomaterial properties; (b) Application of biomechanical analysis to the design and manufacture of biomedical systems; (c) Experimental and analysis methods for biomedical treatments involving biomaterials. We believe that many experimental and analysis methods in this specific research field have potential applications in other research fields as well. Therefore, we hope that research on biomaterials and biomechanics can be accelerated, and communication between researchers from different fields can be improved and facilitated through this Method Collection.