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D Ambrosi, L Deorsola, S Turzi and M Zoppello, "The shape of the mitral annulus: a hypothesis of mechanical morphogenesis", Math Mech Solids, to appear. [pdf]

D Ambrosi, L Deorsola, S Turzi and M Zoppello, "Elementary Mechanics of the Mitral Valve", SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics 82(1), 75-94 (2022). [pdf]

S Turzi, M Zoppello and D Ambrosi, "Equilibrium of two rods in contact under pressure", Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics, 73(4):329-346 (2020) [pdf]

D Ambrosi, M Ben Amar, CJ Cyron, A DeSimone, A Goriely, JD Humphrey and E Kuhl, "Growth and remodelling of living tissues: perspectives, challenges and opportunities", Journal of the Royal Society Interface 16 (157), 20190233 (2019) [pdf]

D Riccobelli, D Ambrosi "Activation of a muscle as a mapping of stress–strain curves" Extreme Mechanics Letters 28, 37-42 (2019) [pdf]

G Pozzi, S Marchesi, G Scita, D Ambrosi and P Ciarletta, "Mechano-biological model of glioblastoma cells in response to osmotic stress" Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering 16(4):2795-2810 (2019) [pdf]

A Agosti, C Cattaneo, C Giverso, D Ambrosi and P Ciarletta, "A computational framework for the personalized clinical treatment of glioblastoma multiforme", Z Angew Math Mech 98:2307– 2327 (2018). [pdf]

A Agosti, D Ambrosi and S Turzi, "Strain energy storage and dissipation rate in active cell mechanics", Phys Rev E 97:052409 (2018). [pdf]

D Ambrosi, S Pezzuto, D Riccobelli, T Stylianopoulos and P Ciarletta, "Solid tumors are poroelastic solids with a chemo-mechanical feedback on growth", J Elasticity, 129:107--124 (2017). [pdf]

D Ambrosi and A Zanzottera, "Mechanics and polarity in cell motility", Physica D, 330:58-66 (2016) [pdf]

D Ambrosi, V Pettinati and P Ciarletta, "Active stress as a local regulator of global size in morphogenesis", Int J Non-Linear Mech, 75:5-14 (2015). [pdf]

R. Penta, D. Ambrosi and A. Quarteroni, "Multiscale homogenization for fluid and drug transport in vascularized malignant tissues", Math. Models. Meth. Appl. Sciences, 25:79-108 (2015) [pdf]

S Pezzuto and D Ambrosi, "Active contraction of the cardiac ventricle and distortion of the microstructural architecture", Int J Numer Meth Biomed Eng, 30(12):1578-1596 (2014) [pdf]

S Pezzuto, D Ambrosi and A Quarteroni "An orthotropic active-strain model for the myocardium mechanics and its numerical approximation", Eur. J. Mechanics-A/Solids, 48:83-96 (2014). [pdf]

R. Penta, D. Ambrosi and R. Shipley, "Effective governing equations for poroelastic growing media", Quart. J. Mech. Appl. Math, 67(1):69--91 (2014). [pdf]

D. Ambrosi and P. Ciarletta, "Plasticity in passive cell mechanics", International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, 56:56-60 (2013). [pdf]

G. Vitale, D. Ambrosi and L. Preziosi, "A numerical method for the inverse problem of cell traction in 3D", Inverse Problems, 28 (2012) 095013. [pdf]

G. Vitale, D. Ambrosi and L. Preziosi, "Force Traction Microscopy: an inverse problem with pointwise observations", J. Math. Anal. Appl., 395(2):788-801 (2012). [pdf]

P. Ciarletta, D. Ambrosi and G.A. Maugin, "Mass transport in morphogenetic processes: a second gradient theory for volumetric growth and material remodeling", J. Mech. Phys. Solids, 60:432--450 (2012). [pdf]

D. Ambrosi and S. Pezzuto, "Active stress vs. active strain in mechanobiology: constitutive issues", J. Elasticity, 107(2):199-212 (2012) [pdf]

D. Ambrosi, G. Arioli, F. Nobile and A. Quarteroni, "Electromechanical coupling in cardiac dynamics: the active strain approach", SIAM J. Appl. Math., 71:605-621 (2011). [pdf]

L. Mesin and D. Ambrosi "Spiral waves on a contractile tissue", Eur. J. Phys. Plus, 126 (2011). [pdf]

D. Ambrosi, L. Preziosi and G. Vitale "The insight of mixtures theory for growth and remodeling", ZAMP, 61:177-191 (2010). [pdf]

M.F. Fournier, R. Sauser, D. Ambrosi, J.J. Meister, and A.B. Verkhovsky, "Force transmission in migrating cells", J. Cell Biology, 188:287-297 (2010). [pdf]

D. Ambrosi and L. Preziosi, "Cell adhesion mechanisms and stress relaxation in the mechanics of tumours", Biomech. Model. Mechanobiol., 8:397-413 (2009). [pdf]

D. Ambrosi, A. Duperray, V. Peschetola and C. Verdier, "Traction patterns of tumor cells", J. Math. Biol., 58:163-181 (2009). [pdf]

D. Ambrosi and M. Onorato, "Non-normal stability analysis of a shear current under surface gravity waves", J. Fluid Mech., 609(31):49-58 (2008). [pdf]

D. Ambrosi, A. Guillou and E.S. Di Martino "Stress--modulated remodelling of a non--homogeneous body", Biomech. Model. Mechanobiol., 7(1):63-76 (2008). [pdf]

D. Ambrosi and A. Guillou "Growth and dissipation in biological tissues", Cont. Mech. Thermodyn., 19(5):245-251 (2007). [pdf]

D. Ambrosi and F. Guana, "Stress modulated growth", Math. Mech. Solids, 12(3):319-343 (2007). [pdf]

D. Ambrosi, "Cellular traction as an inverse problem", SIAM J. Appl. Math, 66(6):2049--2060 (2006). [pdf]

A. Tosin, D. Ambrosi and L. Preziosi, "Mechanics and Chemotaxis in the Morphogenesis of Vascular Networks", Bull. Math. Biol., 68(7):1819-1836 (2006). [pdf]

L. Fusi, A. Farina and D. Ambrosi, "Mathematical Modelling of a Solid--Liquid Mixture with Mass Exchange Between Constituents", Math. Mech. Solids, 11(6):575-595 (2006). [pdf]

D. Ambrosi, A. Gamba and G. Serini, "Cell directionality and chemotaxis in vascular morphogenesis", Bull. Math. Biol., 66(6):1851--1873 (2004). [pdf]

D. Ambrosi, F. Mollica, "The role of stress in the growth of a multicell spheroid", J. Math. Biol., 48(5):477--499 (2004). [pdf]

M. Onorato, D. Ambrosi, A.R. Osborne and M. Serio, "Interaction of two quasi--monochromatic waves in shallow water", Physics of Fluids,  15(12):3871--3874 (2003). [pdf]

A. Gamba, D. Ambrosi, A. Coniglio, A. de Candia, S. Di Talia, E. Giraudo, G. Serini, L. Preziosi, and F. Bussolino, "Percolation, morphogenesis, and Burgers dynamics in blood vessels formation", Phys. Rev. Lett., 90(11):118101/1-4 (2003). [pdf]

D. Ambrosi and L. Preziosi, On the closure of mass balance models for tumor growth, Math. Mod. Meth. Appl. Sci., 12:737-754 (2002). [pdf]

D. Ambrosi, "Infiltration through deformable porous media", ZAMM, 82(2):115-124 (2002). [pdf]

D. Ambrosi, F. Mollica, "On the mechanics of a growing tumor", Int. J. Eng. Science 40(12):1297-1316 (2002). [pdf]

D. Ambrosi and L. Preziosi, "Modelling injection moulding processes with deformable porous preforms", SIAM J. Appl. Math., 61(1):22-42 (2000). [pdf]

D. Ambrosi, "Hamiltonian formulation for surface waves in a layered fluid", Wave Motion, 31:71-76 (2000). [pdf]

D. Ambrosi and L. Quartapelle, "A Taylor--Galerkin method for simulating nonlinear dispersive water waves", J. Comput. Phys., 146(2):546--569 (1998). [pdf]

D. Ambrosi, S. Corti, V. Pennati and F. Saleri, "Numerical simulation of unsteady flow at Po river delta", Journal of Hydraulic Engineering of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 122(12):735-743  (1996). [pdf]

D. Ambrosi, "Approximation of Shallow Water equations by Roe's Riemann solver", Int. J. Numer. Meth. Fluids, 20(2):157-168  (1995). [pdf]