Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7208337 | Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials | 2016 | 30 Pages |
Abstract
The obtained results highlighted a significant anisotropy of the AsAA tissue (as also observed for healthy aortic tissues), with higher value of strength and stiffness in the circumferential than in the longitudinal direction. Higher strength and stiffness were also found in the posterior region with respect to the anterior one for the circumferential orientation, whereas an opposite result was found for the longitudinal orientation. A decreasing trend of ultimate mechanical properties with aging was also highlighted. Finally, a significant difference in the strength between male and female was observed only in the circumferential direction.
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Authors
Anna Ferrara, Simone Morganti, Pasquale Totaro, Alessandro Mazzola, Ferdinando Auricchio,