Cardiovascular Solid Mechanics
Subtitle: Cells, Tissues, and Organs
Publisher: Springer
Published: January 8, 2002
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 776
ISBN-13: 9780387951683
Table of contents: label: Part I-Foundations
title: 1; label: 1. Introduction
title: 3; label: 1.1 Historical Prelude
title: 4; label: 1.2  Basic Cell Biology
title: 14; label: 1.3 The Extracellular Matrix
title: 18; label: 1.4  Soft Tissue Behavior
title: 24; label: 1.5 Needs and General Approach: Clinical Motivations
title: 32; label: 1.6  Exercises
title: 36; label: 1.7  References
title: 37; label: 2. Mathematical Preliminaries
title: 40; label: 2.1 A Direct Tensor Notation
title: 40; label: 2.2  Cartesian Components
title: 45; label: 2.3 Further Results in Tensor Calculus
title: 53; label: 2.4  Orthogonal Curvilinear Components
title: 55; label: 2.5  Matrix Methods
title: 62; label: 2.6 Exercises
title: 65; label: 2.7  References
title: 66; label: 3. Continuum Mechanics
title: 68; label: 3.1 Kinematics
title: 69; label: 3.2  Forces, Tractions, and Stresses
title: 79; label: 3.3 Basic Postulates
title: 82; label: 3.4  Constitutive Formulations
title: 86; label: 3.5 Boundary and Initial Conditions
title: 101; label: 3.6  Exercises
title: 102; label: 3.7  References
title: 105; label: 4. Finite Elasticity
title: 107; label: 4.1 Incompressible Isotropic Elasticity
title: 107; label: 4.2  Solutions in 3D Incompressible Elasticity
title: 116; label: 4.3  Compressible Isotropic Elasticity
title: 131; label: 4.4 Membrane Hyperelasticity
title: 136; label: 4.5 Exercises
title: 151; label: 4.6 References
title: 155; label: 5. Experimental Methods
title: 158; label: 5.1 General Philosophy
title: 158; label: 5.2 Measurement of Strain
title: 165; label: 5.3 Measurement of Applied Loads
title: 179; label: 5.4  Computer-Aided Experimentation
title: 188; label: 5.5 Parameter Estimation and Statistics
title: 198; label: 5.6 Exercises
title: 205; label: 5.7  References
title: 208; label: 6. Finite Elements
title: 211; label: 6.1 Fundamental Equations
title: 213; label: 6.2 Interpolation, Integration, and Solvers
title: 216; label: 6.3 An Illustrative Formulation
title: 223; label: 6.4 Inflation of a Membrane
title: 234; label: 6.5 Inverse Finite Elements
title: 237; label: 6.6 Exercises
title: 239; label: 6.7  References
title: 244; label: Part II-Vascular Mechanics
title: 247; label: 7. The Normal Arterial Wall
title: 249; label: 7.1 Structure and Function
title: 249; label: 7.2  General Characteristics
title: 264; label: 7.3  Constitutive Framework
title: 289; label: 7.4 Experimental Methods
title: 310; label: 7.5  Specific Constitutive Relations
title: 319; label: 7.6  Stress Analyses
title: 335; label: 7.7 Exercises
title: 354; label: 7.8 References
title: 357; label: 8. Vascular Disorders
title: 365; label: 8.1 Hypertension
title: 365; label: 8.2 Intracranial Aneurysms
title: 386; label: 8.3  Atherosclerosis
title: 429; label: 8.4  Aortic Aneurysms
title: 446; label: 8.5  Additional Topics
title: 459; label: 8.6 Exercises
title: 473; label: 8.7  References
title: 476; label: 9. Vascular Adaptation
title: 499; label: 9.1  Mechanical Preliminaries
title: 500; label: 9.2  Cellular Responses to Applied Loads
title: 522; label: 9.3  Arterial Response to Hypertension
title: 539; label: 9.4  Arterial Response to Altered Flow
title: 551; label: 9.5  Vessel Response to Injury
title: 562; label: 9.6  Veins as Arterial Grafts
title: 569; label: 9.7  Aging
title: 578; label: 9.8 Exercises
title: 580; label: 9.9  References
title: 584; label: Part Ill-Cardiac Mechanics
title: 599; label: 10. The Normal, Mature Heart
title: 601; label: 10.1 Structure and Function
title: 601; label: 10.2  General Characteristics
title: 617; label: 10.3  Constitutive Framework
title: 633; label: 10.4  Constitutive Relations
title: 655; label: 10.5  Stress Analysis
title: 698; label: 10.6 Exercises
title: 709; label: 10.7  References
title: 712; label: 11. Epilogue
title: 725; label: 11.1 References
title: 729; label: Appendices
title: 730; label: I. Nomenclature, Common Abbreviations, and Conversion Factors
title: 730; label: I.1 Nomenclature
title: 730; label: I.2  Common Abbreviations
title: 733; label: I.3  Conversion Factors
title: 733; label: II. Results for Curvilinear Coordinates
title: 735; label: II.1  Cylindrical Coordinates
title: 735; label: II.2  Spherical Coordinates
title: 741; label: II.3 Prolate Spheroidal Coordinates
title: 743; label: II.4  Exercises
title: 744; label: II.5  Reference
title: 745; label: III. Material Frame-Indifference
title: 746; label: III.1 Exercises
title: 749