We compare two constitutive models proposed to model the elastinous constituents of an
artery. Holzapfel and Weizsäcker [1998. Biomechanical behavior of the arterial wall and its …

Vascular smooth muscle (VSM; see Table 1 for a list of abbreviations) is a heterogeneous
biomaterial comprised of cells and extracellular matrix. By surrounding tubes of endothelial …

The vascular wall exhibits nonlinear anisotropic mechanical properties. The identification of
a strain energy function (SEF) is the preferred method to describe its complex nonlinear …

The passive biomechanical behavior of blood vessels is generally modeled by a parallel
arrangement of elastin and collagen, with collagen recruitment depending on vessel strain …

Arterial stiffness has been shown to be a good indicator of the arterial wall diseases.
However, a single parameter is insufficient to describe the complex stress–strain …

Microstructure-based constitutive models have been adopted in recent studies of non-linear
mechanical properties of biological soft tissues. These models provide more accurate …

Purpose The nonlinear pseudoelastic behavior of a native/decellularized vascular tissue is
closely related to the detailed composition and microstructure of the extracellular matrix and …

This study was undertaken to understand elastin's role in the mechanical homeostasis of the
arterial wall. The mechanical properties of elastin vary along the aorta, and we hypothesized …

The urinary bladder wall (UBW), which is composed of smooth muscle, collagen, and
elastin, undergoes profound remodeling in response to changes in mechanical loading …

All tissues in the human body continuously grow, remodel, and adapt to changes in their
physiological environment, in order to maintain homeostasis or to retain it in case of …