Three-part passive constitutive laws for the aorta in simple elongation

Journal of Medical Engineering and Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 397-409

  Sokolis, D P ^a,b  

^a Foundation of Biomedical Research   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aorta; Constitutive law; Pseudoelasticity; Strain softening; Uniaxial tension

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; PHYSIOLOGY; STRESS ANALYSIS;

AORTA; CONSTITUTIVE LAW; PSEUDOELASTICITY; STRAIN SOFTENING; UNIAXIAL TENSION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; AORTA STRIP; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LAW; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY;

AORTA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VISCOSITY;

EID: 36249023629     PISSN: 03091902     EISSN: 1464522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091900600700533     Document Type: Article

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