Mechanical characterisation of the human thoracic descending aorta: Experiments and modelling

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 185-193

  García Herrera, Claudio M ^a   Celentano, Diego J ^b   Cruchaga, Marcela A ^a   Rojo, Francisco J ^c   Atienza, José Miguel ^c   Guinea, Gustavo V ^c   Goicolea, José M ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Constitutive modelling; Human aorta; Mechanical characterisation

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRES; CONSTITUTIVE MODELLING; HUMAN AORTA; LOADING STATE; MATERIAL BEHAVIOUR; MATERIAL PARAMETER; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; MECHANICAL CHARACTERISATION; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; MEDICAL DEVICES; PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION; STIFFNESS INCREASE; TENSILE MEASUREMENTS; UNIAXIAL TENSIONS;

BLOOD VESSELS; EXPERIMENTS; LOADING;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; THORACIC AORTA;

AORTA, THORACIC; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84860740508     PISSN: 10255842     EISSN: 14768259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2010.520704     Document Type: Article

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