Mechanical stresses in abdominal aortic aneurysms: Influence of diameter, asymmetry, and material anisotropy

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Rodríguez, José F ^a   Ruiz, Cristina ^a   Doblaré, Manuel ^a   Holzapfel, Gerhard A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Anisotropy; Constitutive modeling; Finite element analysis

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESSES; TENSILE TESTING; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM (AAA); ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS (AAA); ANISOTROPIC BEHAVIORS; BIAXIAL TENSILE TESTS; BIOMECHANICAL STUDIES; COLLAGEN FIBERS; COMPUTER MODELLING; DECISION CRITERIONS; EXPONENTIAL TYPE; IN-VIVO; MATERIAL ANISOTROPY; MECHANICAL STRESSING; PEAK STRESSES; RUPTURE RISK; STRUCTURAL STRAIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D); TISSUE MODELING; TISSUE SAMPLES; WALL STRESSES;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ACCURACY; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; IN VIVO STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANICAL STRESS; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENSILE STRENGTH; ABDOMINAL AORTA; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 47149111397     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2898830     Document Type: Article

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