title: Growth and residual stresses of arterial walls.
abstract: Growth, residual stresses and mechanical responses of arterial walls under the inner pressure are investigated within the framework of a finite deformation hyper-elasticity theory. A biomechanical model for a two-layer thick-walled circular cylindrical tube is proposed to address the mechanical effects of finite volumetric growth and residual stresses of arterial walls. The active stress due to smooth muscle tone in the media and the dispersion of collagen fiber orientations in the adventitia are also considered. The fields of displacements and stress distributions of arterial walls with growth are solved analytically. Analysis of axial, radial and circumferential growth is considered and residual stress distributions of arterial walls in different cases of growth are compared.
authors: Shanghai Key Laboratory of Mechanics in Energy and Environment Engineering, Department of Mechanics, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China. Electronic address: jsren@shu.edu.cn.
authors: Jiu-Sheng
authors: JS
authors: Ren
mesh_terms: D001158:Arteries / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000502:physiology*; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D006801:Humans; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D011312:Pressure; D013314:Stress, Mechanical
keywords: Arterial wall; Dispersion of collagen fiber orientation; Finite volumetric growth; Mechanical response; Residual stress