... and weakest in shear, presumably because of the collagen and elastin in the arterial lamellae. A multiscale, fiber-based model using different fiber properties for collagen, elastin, and interlamellar connections was specified to match all of the experimental data with one parameter set. Finally, this model...

... A computational framework was implemented and validated to better understand the hypertensive artery remodeling in both geometric dimensions and material properties. Integrating the stress-modulated remodeling equations into commercial finite element codes allows a better control and visualization of local...

... specimen, the employed imaging technique, the segmentation and the generation of the 3D geometry for the arterial wall. We proceed by introducing the constitutive model and the performed mechanical tests to identify the material parameters. One carotid bifurcation was excised from a human cadaver...

...Hai-Chao Han The stability of blood vessels under the lumen blood pressure is essential to the maintenance of normal arterial function. Buckling equations have been established recently for linear and nonlinear elastic artery models with assumed sinusoidal mode shapes. However, the theoretical base...

...Thomas Eriksson; Martin Kroon; Gerhard A. Holzapfel A model for saccular cerebral aneurysm growth, proposed by Kroon and Holzapfel (2007, “A Model for Saccular Cerebral Aneurysm Growth in a Human Middle Cerebral Artery,” J. Theor. Biol., 247, pp. 775–787 ; 2008, “Modeling of Saccular Aneurysm...

...Martin Kroon; Gerhard A. Holzapfel Saccular aneurysm growth in a human middle cerebral artery is modeled. The aneurysm growth model was presented in a companion paper by Kroon and Holzapfel (“A Model for Saccular Cerebral Aneurysm Growth by Collagen Fibre Remodelling,” J. Theor. Biol., in press...

... are required for optimum function. The relative content and organization of extracellular matrix proteins (ECM) within native arteries has been shown to influence their complex mechanical properties 15 16 . The primary matrix proteins which contribute to the overall mechanical character of native blood...