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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 30.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomech. 2012 Feb 21;45(7):1192–1198. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.01.035

Table 3.

Experimental data of critical buckling pressure in the arteries.

vessel # Critical Pressure (mmHg)
Axial stretch ratio = 1.3 Axial stretch ratio = 1.5

static steady pulsatile static steady pulsatile
1 40 43 44 110 120 124
2 60 50 50.5 71 70 74
3 64 69 60 98 101 89
4 58 55 55 60 80 80
5 52.5 50 52 93 100 97

mean 54.9 53.4 52.3 86.4 94.2 92.8

6 65 62
7 97 100
8 86 84
9 116 116
10 100 93

mean 92.8 91