Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 39, Issue 13 , Pages 2347-2354 , 2006

A planar biaxial constitutive relation for the luminal layer of intra-luminal thrombus in abdominal aortic aneurysms

  • Jonathan P. Vande Geest

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
    • JPVG is currently in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
    • ,
  • Michael S. Sacks

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
    • McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    • ,
  • David A. Vorp

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
    • Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    • McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Departments of Surgery and Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, 100 Technology Drive, Suite 200, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA. Tel.: +14122355142; fax: +14122355110.

,Accepted 15 May 2006.

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PII: S0021-9290(06)00165-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2006.05.011

Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 39, Issue 13 , Pages 2347-2354 , 2006

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