Arterial tissue in health and disease: Experimental data, collagen-based modeling and simulation, including aortic dissection

CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, Courses and Lectures

Volumn 508, Issue , 2009, Pages 259-344

  Holzapfel, G A ^a,b  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84978200758     PISSN: 02541971     EISSN: 23093706     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-211-95875-9_4     Document Type: Chapter

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