Modelling the mechanical response of elastin for arterial tissue

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1320-1325

  Watton, Paul N ^a   Ventikos, Yiannis ^a   Holzapfel, Gerhard A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Artery; Constitutive model; Elastin; Neo Hookean; Strain; Strain energy function; Stress

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL ELASTIN; ARTERIAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL WALL; ARTERY; BIOMECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; CAUCHY STRESS; ELASTIC TISSUES; ELASTIN; FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP; GRADIENT DECREASE; LAGRANGE; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; MECHANICAL TESTS; NEO-HOOKEAN; NEO-HOOKEAN MODEL; NONLINEAR MECHANICAL RESPONSE; NUMERICAL CHARACTERIZATION; QUALITATIVE DIFFERENCES; STRAIN CURVES; STRAIN ENERGY FUNCTIONS; STRAIN-ENERGY FUNCTION; TANGENT MODULI; THORACIC AORTA; TOE REGION; UNIAXIAL EXTENSION; UNIAXIAL TESTS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; STRAIN ENERGY;

GLYCOPROTEINS;

ELASTIN;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; THORACIC AORTA; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; ELASTIN; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 67349241654     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.03.012     Document Type: Article

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