The greatest volumetric strain in dog thoracic aorta segments subjected to high internal pressure and stretch was 0.00165, indicating that arteries may be considered incompressible for practical purposes.
Arterial walls exhibit minimal volumetric strain under supraphysiological stresses, confirming they can be treated as incompressible for practical biomechanical analyses.
The assumption of incompressibility has often been applied to the analysis of arterial-wall elasticity; however, the supporting evidence has been incomplete. The present study was designed to explore this problem in greater depth by accurately measuring the changes in tissue volume associated with large, induced strains on 11 thoracic aorta segments excised from dogs. The radial, circumferential, and longitudinal stresses were measured as the artery was subjected to an internal pressure and longitudinal stretch greater than those in vivo. From these data it was possible to calculate the hydrostatic stress. The associated changes in volume of the aortic wall tissue were measured with a specially designed apparatus. The greatest volumetric strain (ΔV/V) was 0.00165. The bulk moduli obtained by dividing the hydrostatic stresses by the corresponding volume strains averaged 4.44 x 10 6 g/cm 2 . Similar studies were also carried out on the abdominal aorta and the carotid, iliac, and pulmonary arteries. The volumetric strains observed were of the same magnitude. It is concluded that for most practical purposes arteries may be considered incompressible.
Carew et al. (1968) studied Arterial wall elasticity (n=11). Internal pressure and longitudinal stretch was evaluated on Changes in tissue volume (volumetric strain) and bulk moduli. The greatest volumetric strain in dog thoracic aorta segments subjected to high internal pressure and stretch was 0.00165, indicating that arteries may be considered incompressible for practical purposes.
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