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Modeling the Physiological Behavior of Arterial Walls – Comparative Study Regarding the Viscoelastic Response
Author(s) -
Fausten Simon,
Balzani Daniel,
Schröder Jörg
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
pamm
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1617-7061
DOI - 10.1002/pamm.201410035
Subject(s) - viscoelasticity , arterial wall , materials science , mechanics , cardiology , physics , medicine , composite material
This contribution deals with the modeling of the physiological behavior of arterial walls, in order to enable a reliable calculation of the transmural stress distribution including also the active response of arterial tissue. Therefore, a simple viscoelastic model, which only requires few material parameters, is considered. Furthermore, a comparative study, investigating the influence of viscoelasticity on the mechanical behavior of arterial walls, is presented. (© 2014 Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)