Mechanical characterization of human aortas from pressurization testing and a paradigm shift for circumferential residual stress

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 17, Issue , 2013, Pages 44-55

  Labrosse, Michel R ^a,b   Gerson, Eleanor R ^a   Veinot, John P ^a   Beller, Carsten J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aorta; Human; Material; Pressurization; Properties; Residual stress

Indexed keywords

MATERIALS; PRESSURIZATION; RESIDUAL STRESSES; STRESS ANALYSIS;

ACCURATE STRESS ANALYSIS; AORTA; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL RESIDUAL STRESS; MATERIAL INHOMOGENEITIES; MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; PRESSURIZATION TESTING; PROPERTIES;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; ADVENTITIA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANATOMY; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; AORTA WALL; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CIRCUMFERENTIAL RESIDUAL STRESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC AORTA;

EID: 84872686052     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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