In earlier studies on stress distribution in arteries, a monolayer wall model was often used. An arterial wall consists of three layers, the intima, the media, and the adventitia. The intima is mechanically negligible as a stress supporting layer against the blood pressure in young healthy vessels, although it is important as an interface between blood and arterial wall. The media and adventitia layers are considered to support blood pressure. Recently, residual strain and a constitutive law for porcine coronary arteries have been investigated in separated media and adventitia. Using the data obtained through these investigations, a stress analysis considering residual stress (strain) in each layer was performed in this study, and residual strain and stress were computed for a bilayer model. The circumferential residual stress was compressive in the inner region, tensile in the outer region, and had discontinuity at the boundary between the media and adventitia. A peak circumferential stress occurred in the media at the boundary between the media and adventitia under a physiological condition, and an almost flat distribution was obtained in the adventitia. This pattern does not change under a hypertensive condition. These results suggest that a remodeling with hypertension occurs in the media.
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July 2013
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Stress Distribution in a Bilayer Elastic Model of a Coronary Artery
Keiichi Takamizawa,
Keiichi Takamizawa
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e-mail: ktaka@ri.ncvc.go.jp
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Yasuhide Nakayama
Yasuhide Nakayama
Department of Biomedical Engineering
,National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute
,5-7-1 Fujishirodai, Suita
,Osaka 565-8565
, Japan
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Keiichi Takamizawa
e-mail: ktaka@ri.ncvc.go.jp
Yasuhide Nakayama
Department of Biomedical Engineering
,National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute
,5-7-1 Fujishirodai, Suita
,Osaka 565-8565
, Japan
1Corresponding author.
Manuscript received October 26, 2011; final manuscript received October 10, 2012; accepted manuscript posted October 22, 2012; published online May 16, 2013. Assoc. Editor: Krishna Garikipati.
J. Appl. Mech. Jul 2013, 80(4): 041006 (6 pages)
Published Online: May 16, 2013
Article history
Received:
October 26, 2011
Revision Received:
October 10, 2012
Accepted:
October 22, 2012
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Takamizawa, K., and Nakayama, Y. (May 16, 2013). "Stress Distribution in a Bilayer Elastic Model of a Coronary Artery." ASME. J. Appl. Mech. July 2013; 80(4): 041006. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4007863
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