@Article{icces.2007.001.041,
AUTHOR = {Christine M.  Scotti, Sergio L.  Cornejo, Ender A.  Finol},
TITLE = {Biomechanics of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: Flow-Induced Wall Stress Distribution},
JOURNAL = {The International Conference on Computational \& Experimental Engineering and Sciences},
VOLUME = {1},
YEAR = {2007},
NUMBER = {1},
PAGES = {41--48},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/icces/v1n1/30345},
ISSN = {1933-2815},
ABSTRACT = {Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) rupture is believed to represent the culmination of a complex vascular mechanism partially driven by the forces exerted on the arterial wall. In the present investigation, we present fully coupled fluid-structure interaction (FSI) and finite element analysis (FEA) computations of a patient-specific AAA model. This work advances previous FSI AAA modeling by including localized intraluminal thrombus and the comparison of FSI- and FEA-predicted wall stress distributions. The FSI transient fluid and wall dynamics resulted in a maximum wall stress 21% higher than that obtained with FEA, demonstrating the importance of modeling blood flow for the assessment of AAA wall mechanics.},
DOI = {10.3970/icces.2007.001.041}
}