Table 4.

Comparison of experimentally measured and model predicted critical buckling peak pressures of arteries under pulsatile pressure.

vessel	L/r	t/r	Critical Pressure (mmHg)
			Axial stretch ratio = 1.3			Axial stretch ratio = 1.5
			exp	simulation	diff	exp	simulation	diff
2	17.60	0.20	50.5	35.0	30.7%	74.0	55.0	25.7%
3	18.19	0.51	60	28.4	52.7%	89.0	57.0	35.9%
4	16.93	0.56	55	35.9	34.7%	80.0	67.8	15.2%
5	16.56	0.58	52	56.3	8.3%	97.0	93.2	4.0%

Note: L/r and t/r are the length to radius ratio and wall thickness to radius ratio, respectively.