Explicit finite element method for in-vivo mechanics of abdominal aortic aneurysm

European Journal of Computational Mechanics

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 337-363

  Gasbarro, Michelle D ^a,b   Shimada, Kenji ^a   Di Martino, Elena S ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MDG Solutions INC ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Computational; Explicit method; Fluid structure interaction

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BLOOD VESSELS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS; COMPUTATIONAL; COUPLED DYNAMICS; DYNAMIC FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; EXPLICIT FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; EXPLICIT METHOD; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION ANALYSIS; FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; IN-VIVO;

FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

EID: 79959692959     PISSN: 26422085     EISSN: 26422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3166/REMN.16.337-363     Document Type: Article

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