The Biaxial Biomechanical Behavior of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Tissue

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2440-2450

  O’Leary, Siobhan A ^a   Healey, Donagh A ^b   Kavanagh, Eamon G ^b   Walsh, Michael T ^a   McGloughlin, Tim M ^a,c   Doyle, Barry J ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^c KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AAA; Anisotropy; Mechanical properties

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BLOOD VESSELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE;

ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS; BIAXIAL MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; BIOMECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; BIOMECHANICAL RESPONSE; CIRCUMFERENTIAL DIRECTION; HYPERELASTIC CONSTITUTIVE MODEL; LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION; MATERIAL MODELING;

BIOMECHANICS;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART STRESS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84914105645     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-014-1106-5     Document Type: Article

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