On constitutive descriptors of the biaxial mechanical behaviour of human abdominal aorta and aneurysms

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 8, Issue 56, 2011, Pages 435-450

  Ferruzzi, J ^a   Vorp, D A ^b,c   Humphrey, J D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Texas A and M University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Collagen; Elastin; Remodelling; Stress strain relation

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; COLLAGEN; GLYCOPROTEINS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS; AGEING POPULATION; AORTIC WALLS; BOOTSTRAP; CLUSTERING METHODS; COLLAGEN FIBRES; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSTITUTIVE PARAMETERS; CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONS; DESCRIPTORS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELASTIC FIBRES; ELASTIN; HUMAN ABDOMINAL AORTA; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; NON-PARAMETRIC; REMODELLING; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; STRESS-STRAIN RELATION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGING; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ELASTIC FIBER; HUMAN; PHENOMENOLOGY; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

EID: 79251504574     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2010.0299     Document Type: Article

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