Constitutive stress--strain relations for the myocardium in diastole. 1985

S E Moskowitz

The importance of stress-strain myocardial constitutive relations is that they provide a criterion for behavior in vivo. Our purpose was to develop constitutive equations which are valid in diastole. The myocardium was assumed to be composed of a nonlinear viscoelastic, inhomogeneous, anisotropic (transversely isotropic) and incompressible material operating under adiabatic and isothermal conditions. The expressions contain five moduli. Two are fixed by the restriction of incompressibility, one is estimated, the remaining two refer to directions along and perpendicular to a fiber. Both possess a bimodal variation with intermodal switching occurring in late rapid filling and diastasis. They are functions of time and material constants. These constants can be observed. A dynamic test is suggested. Constitutive statements complete a set of equations sufficient for the solution of a class of boundary value problems. One type is formulated. They also permit the determination of stress from measured strain. Examples are given.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008955 Models, Cardiovascular Theoretical representations that simulate the behavior or activity of the cardiovascular system, processes, or phenomena; includes the use of mathematical equations, computers and other electronic equipment. Cardiovascular Model,Cardiovascular Models,Model, Cardiovascular
D009200 Myocardial Contraction Contractile activity of the MYOCARDIUM. Heart Contractility,Inotropism, Cardiac,Cardiac Inotropism,Cardiac Inotropisms,Contractilities, Heart,Contractility, Heart,Contraction, Myocardial,Contractions, Myocardial,Heart Contractilities,Inotropisms, Cardiac,Myocardial Contractions
D006321 Heart The hollow, muscular organ that maintains the circulation of the blood. Hearts
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013314 Stress, Mechanical A purely physical condition which exists within any material because of strain or deformation by external forces or by non-uniform thermal expansion; expressed quantitatively in units of force per unit area. Mechanical Stress,Mechanical Stresses,Stresses, Mechanical

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