Biomechanics of Soft Tissue in Cardiovascular Systems

✍ Scribed by Gerhard A. Holzapfel, Ray W. Ogden (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Wien
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 348
• Series: International Centre for Mechanical Sciences 441
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The book is written by leading experts in the field presenting an up-to-date view of the subject matter in a didactically sound manner. It presents a review of the current knowledge of the behaviour of soft tissues in the cardiovascular system under mechanical loads, and the importance of constitutive laws in understanding the underlying mechanics is highlighted. Cells are also described together with arteries, tendons and ligaments, heart, and other biological tissues of current research interest in biomechanics. This includes experimental, continuum mechanical and computational perspectives, with the emphasis on nonlinear behaviour, and the simulation of mechanical procedures such as balloon angioplasty.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages ii-vii
The Cardiovascular System — Anatomy, Physiology and Cell Biology....Pages 1-14
Mechanical Properties of Soft Tissues and Arterial Walls....Pages 15-64
Nonlinear Elasticity, Anisotropy, Material Stability and Residual Stresses in Soft Tissue....Pages 65-108
Structural and Numerical Models for the (Visco)elastic Response of Arterial Walls with Residual Stresses....Pages 109-184
Intracranial Saccular Aneurysms....Pages 185-220
Remodeling of Arteries in Response to Changes in their Mechanical Environment....Pages 221-271
Computational Methods for Soft Tissue Biomechanics....Pages 273-342

✦ Subjects

Biomedical Engineering; Physiological, Cellular and Medical Topics; Mechanics; Biophysics and Biological Physics; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials; Structural Mechanics