The influence of computational strategy on prediction of mechanical stress in carotid atherosclerotic plaques: Comparison of 2D structure-only, 3D structure-only, one-way and fully coupled fluid-structure interaction analyses

A 3D structure-only model seems to be a computationally inexpensive yet reasonably accurate approximation for stress within carotid atherosclerotic plaques with mild to moderate luminal stenosis as compared to fully coupled FSI analysis.