title: Dynamics of the Vascular System (Series on Bioengineering & Biomedical Engineering - Vol. 1)
author:  John K-J Li 
description: .,." a new book by one of the world's greatest experts on bioengineering aspects of hemodynamics."
zlib_text: © 2001 by CRC Press LLC
  5
  Finite Element Models
  for Arterial Wall
  Mechanics and
  Transport
  5.1 
  Abstract
  5.2 
  Introduction
  5.3 
  PHETS Theoretical Basis
  Fundamental Fields and Preliminary Kinematics • 
  Phenomenological Equations • Eularian PHETS Initial 
  Boundary Value Problem • Principles of Virtual Velocities • 
  Lagrangian PHETS Initial Boundary Value Problem • Material 
  Properties in PHETS Formulations • Equivalence of Poroelastic 
  and Mixture-Based Biomechanical Models
  5.4 
  Finite Element Models (FEMs)
  5.5 
  Application of FEMs to Arterial Structures
  FEMs of Normal Arteries • FEMs of Diseased Arteries • FEMs 
  of the Arterial Wall and CFD Models • Some FEMs of Other 
  Arterial Structures
  5.6 
  Conclusion
  5.1
  Abstract
  Arterial structural mechanics have been studied for almost two centuries. This chapter surveys the
  development and use of ﬁnite element models (FEMs) for the analysis of arterial structures, principally
  addressing the mechanics of the walls of large arteries. We consider rep