Stability of Membrane Elastodynamics with Applications to Cylindrical Aneurysms

The enlargement and rupture of intracranial and abdominal aortic aneurysms constitutes a major medical problem. It has been suggested that enlargement and rupture are due to mechanical instabilities of the associated complex fluid-solid interaction in the lesions. In this paper, we examine a coupled...

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Main Authors: A. Samuelson, P. Seshaiyer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:Journal of Applied Mathematics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/906475
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Summary:The enlargement and rupture of intracranial and abdominal aortic aneurysms constitutes a major medical problem. It has been suggested that enlargement and rupture are due to mechanical instabilities of the associated complex fluid-solid interaction in the lesions. In this paper, we examine a coupled fluid-structure mathematical model for a cylindrical geometry representing an idealized aneurysm using both analytical and numerical techniques. A stability analysis for this subclass of aneurysms is presented. It is shown that this subclass of aneurysms is dynamically stable both with and without a viscoelastic contribution to the arterial wall.
ISSN:1110-757X
1687-0042