Mechanical characterization of the human thoracic descending aorta Experiments and modelling

García Herrera, Claudio Moisés, Celentano, Diego J., Cruchaga, Marcela A., Rojo Pérez, Francisco Javier ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9517-0050, Atienza Riera, José Miguel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1444-8979, Guinea Tortuero, Gustavo V. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4326-3746 and Goicolea Ruigómez, José María ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0328-7345 (2010). Mechanical characterization of the human thoracic descending aorta Experiments and modelling. "Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering" ; ISSN 1025-5842. https://doi.org/10.1080/10255842.2010.520704.

Description

Title: Mechanical characterization of the human thoracic descending aorta Experiments and modelling
Author/s:
Item Type: Article
Título de Revista/Publicación: Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering
Date: January 2010
ISSN: 1025-5842
Subjects:
Freetext Keywords: human aorta, mechanical characterisation, constitutive modelling
Faculty: E.T.S.I. Caminos, Canales y Puertos (UPM)
Department: Ciencia de los Materiales
Creative Commons Licenses: Recognition - No derivative works - Non commercial

Full text

[thumbnail of INVE_MEM_2010_83540.pdf]
Preview
PDF - Requires a PDF viewer, such as GSview, Xpdf or Adobe Acrobat Reader
Download (724kB) | Preview

Abstract

This work presents experiments and modelling aimed at characterising the passive mechanical behaviour of the human thoracic descending aorta. To this end, uniaxial tension and pressurisation tests on healthy samples corresponding to newborn, young and adult arteries are performed. Then, the tensile measurements are used to calibrate the material parameters of the Holzapfel constitutive model. This model is found to adequately adjust the material behaviour in a wide deformation range; in particular, it captures the progressive stiffness increase and the anisotropy due to the stretching of the collagen fibres. Finally, the assessment of these material parameters in the modelling of the pressurisation test is addressed. The implication of this study is the possibility to predict the mechanical response of the human thoracic descending aorta under generalised loading states like those that can occur in physiological conditions and/or in medical device applications

More information

Item ID: 8506
DC Identifier: https://oa.upm.es/8506/
OAI Identifier: oai:oa.upm.es:8506
DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2010.520704
Official URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1025584...
Deposited by: Memoria Investigacion
Deposited on: 29 Nov 2011 09:10
Last Modified: 20 Apr 2016 17:15
  • Logo InvestigaM (UPM)
  • Logo GEOUP4
  • Logo Open Access
  • Open Access
  • Logo Sherpa/Romeo
    Check whether the anglo-saxon journal in which you have published an article allows you to also publish it under open access.
  • Logo Dulcinea
    Check whether the spanish journal in which you have published an article allows you to also publish it under open access.
  • Logo de Recolecta
  • Logo del Observatorio I+D+i UPM
  • Logo de OpenCourseWare UPM