In this paper, we review a method of mechanical experiment on the arterial wall and propose a dynamic mechanical experiment. We also do static experiment to compare with the dynamic one. We find that there is an offset between the dynamic curve and the static curve, that is to say, the ranges of radius in the dynamic and static experiments are different in the same range of pressure. The materials of the arterial wall have the property of self-adaptability in a mechanical environment. The increment elastic modulus of small deformation can not be obtained by differentiation directly from the stress-strain of large deformation.

Date Published: 29 May 2002
PDF: 4 pages
Proc. SPIE 4537, Third International Conference on Experimental Mechanics, (29 May 2002); doi: 10.1117/12.468781

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 4537:
Third International Conference on Experimental Mechanics
Xiaoping Wu; Yuwen Qin; Jing Fang; Jingtang Ke, Editor(s)