A continuum description of the damage process in the arterial wall of abdominal aortic aneurysms

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 87-99

  Marini, Giacomo ^a,b   Maier, Andreas ^b   Reeps, Christian ^c   Eckstein, Hans Henning ^c   Wall, Wolfgang A ^b   Gee, Michael W ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Arterial wall; Damage; Finite elements; Tensile test

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS; ARTERIAL WALL; DAMAGE; FINITE ELEMENT; TENSILE TESTS;

BLOOD VESSELS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATERIALS; STRAIN ENERGY; TENSILE TESTING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

DAMAGE DETECTION;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA RUPTURE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84856370932     PISSN: 20407939     EISSN: 20407947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cnm.1472     Document Type: Article

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