Pulse waves in prestressed arteries
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H.A. Erbay; S. Erbay; H. Demiray
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Article
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1987
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Springer
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English
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In order to better understand the effect of initial stress in blood flow in arteries, a theoretical analysis of wave propagation in an initially inflated and axially stretched cylindrical thick shell is investigated. For simplicity in the mathematical analysis, the blood is assumed to be an incompre