considered. Due to symmetry it suffices to consider only a cross section subject to a uniform
pressure acting normally through the vessel's wall. The nonlinearity of the vessel's wall is
modeled by an isotropic hyperelastic Fung type stress strain model. The surrounding soft
tissue is modeled by infinitely many nonlinear springs with two parameters. The equations of
equilibrium are formulated as nonlinear boundary value problem. A differential correction …