Residual strain effects on the stress field in a thick wall finite element model of the human carotid bifurcation

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 777-786

  Delfino, A ^a   Stergiopulos, Nikos ^a   Moore Jr , J E ^b   Meister, J J ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Stress distribution; Uniform stress

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEAR STRESS; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

CAROTID ARTERY; RESIDUAL STRAIN;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; STRETCHING;

ANIMALS; CAROTID ARTERIES; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWINE;

EID: 0031213686     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(97)00025-0     Document Type: Article

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