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Desch, GW; Weizsäcker, HW.
A model for passive elastic properties of rat vena cava.
J Biomech. 2007; 40(14):3130-3145
Doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2007.03.028
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- Weizsaecker Hans-Werner
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- A two-dimensional model for the elastic properties of vena cava abdominalis under orthotropic deformation is introduced and tested against the experimental data obtained from six specimen of rat venae cavae by pressurization experiments. The model is based on membrane approximation and suited for vessels where most of the elastic elements are oriented axially, while circumferential contraction is exerted by redirecting axial stress by some network of oblique fibers. For the experimental data considered in this paper, the ratio between axial and circumferential stress depends almost exclusively on the circumferential extension ratio. As a consequence, the mechanical system can be formally decomposed in a kinematic system reacting by axial contraction on circumferential extension without any loss or storage of energy, serially connected to a hyperelastic system acting only in axial direction. Both systems are modeled separately by equations obtained by a purely phenomenological approach with two parameters for each system. This leads to reasonable reproduction of the experimental data. Introducing a correction parameter, which takes into account that the model assumption on the decomposition does not hold exactly, we get better reproduction of data. However, this is paid for by loss of physical rigor and in particular by departing from the assumption of hyperelasticity.
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