An irreversible constitutive model for fibrous soft biological tissue: A 3-D microfiber approach with demonstrative application to abdominal aortic aneurysms

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2457-2466

  Christian Gasser, T ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aneurysm rupture; Collagen; Constitutive modeling; Failure; Vascular tissue

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; COLLAGEN; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; COLLAGEN FIBRES; DAMAGE MECHANISM; FAILURE AND DAMAGES; FAILURE MECHANISM; MICRO-FIBER; SOFT BIOLOGICAL TISSUE; TISSUE INJURY; VASCULAR TISSUE;

CONSTITUTIVE MODELS;

BIOMATERIAL; COLLAGEN FIBER; MICROFIBER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; SOFT TISSUE; TISSUE INJURY; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 79955628203     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2011.02.015     Document Type: Article

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