title: Mechanical analysis of a prototype of small diameter vascular prosthesis: numerical simulations.
abstract: This paper concerns a mechanical analysis of a prototype of a small diameter vascular prosthesis made of a fibre reinforcement silicone material. The theoretical approach is carried out for a neoHookean strain energy function augmented with unidirectional reinforcing that is characterized by a single additional constitutive parameter for strength of reinforcement. Numerical simulations based on a finite element model compare the compliance of different grafts and predict the degree of the compliance mismatch in an anastomosis between native artery and vascular prosthesis. Furthermore, specific applied strains on the prototype, viewed as arising surgical manipulation and implying telescopic shear have been simulated. Thus, for different fibre reinforcements, the stress gradient through the wall of the tubular structure is evaluated.
authors.affiliation: Université Paris Val de Marne, Faculté des Sciences et Technologie, Laboratoire de Mécanique Physique/CNRS UMR 7052, 61, avenue du général De Gaulle, 94010 Créteil cédex France. zidi@univ-paris12.fr
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zidi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cheref
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D003187:Compliance; D019295:Computational Biology / Q000379:methods; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D020342:Finite Element Analysis; D006801:Humans; D008422:Materials Testing / Q000379:methods*; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D013314:Stress, Mechanical