title: The response of blood to transient tensile loading.
abstract: Fresh whole blood has been subjected to transient rarefactions of approximately 50 microseconds duration. In this loading regime blood is found to be capable of supporting propagating rarefactions of up to 3.71 MN/m2. The character of the propagation and failure is similar to that exhibited by water.
mesh_terms: D001790:Blood Physiological Phenomena; D006461:Hemolysis; D006801:Humans; D011312:Pressure; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013718:Tensile Strength; D014783:Viscosity