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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 7.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomech. 2010 Feb 12;43(7):1408–1416. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.09.057

Table 2.

Peak wall stress results for each AAA case. Shown also is the rupture pressure and peak stress as a percentage of the UTS.

Sylgard 160* Sylgard 170**

Model Peak Stress
(MPa)
Rupture
Pressure
(mmHg)
% of UTS Model Peak Stress
(MPa)
Rupture
Pressure
(mmHg)
% of UTS
Ideal 1 1.902 710 48 1 1.821 674 91
2 2.142 652 54 2 1.289 714 65

Patient 1 1 2.275 381 57 1 1.830 284 92
2 2.199 985 55 2 2.079 310 104

Patient 2 1 2.100 910 53 1 1.489 459 75
2 2.470 445 62 2 2.259 386 113

Patient 3 1 1.764 588 44 1 2.156 350 108
2 1.890 630 47 2 1.502 252 75

Patient 4 1 2.196 737 55 1 1.174 320 59
2 2.598 468 65 2 1.390 358 70
*

Sylgard 160 models: Internal pressure = 650 mmHg; UTS = 4 MPa.

**

Sylgard 170 models: Internal pressure = 410 mmHg; UTS = 2 MPa.