Rheologica Acta

, Volume 21, Issue 3, pp 340–346 | Cite as

A study on the stability of blood vessels

  • J. C. Misra
  • K. Roy Choudhury
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Abstract

The paper deals with an analytical study on the stability of blood vessel walls. The theory of small deformation superposed on a known state of finite deformation, together with the anisotropic visco-elastic constitutive relations of Vaishnav and Patel [1] for vascular tissues, are employed for the purpose. By using the material functions of Young et al. [2], the latent instabilities of canine middle descending thoracic aortic wall are predicted in terms of the circumferential and axial extension ratios.

Key words

Mechanical instability transmural pressure thoracic aorta static stability sclerosis 
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© Dr. Dietrich Steinkopff Verlag 1982

Authors and Affiliations

  • J. C. Misra
    • 1
  • K. Roy Choudhury
    • 1
  1. 1.School of Biomechanics, Department of MathematicsIndian Institute of TechnologyKharagpurIndia

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