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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biomech Model Mechanobiol. 2015 Jul 29;15(3):579–592. doi: 10.1007/s10237-015-0711-z

Fig. 11.

Fig. 11

Model predicted changes in outer diameter (left) and mean circumferential Cauchy stress (right) of a closed vessel pressurized at 90 mmHg at an axial stretch λz = 1.5. The evolution of these quantities was simulated following a sudden decrease in pressure to 80 mmHg after 2 hours for a vessel with no active smooth muscle (passive), with unchanging active smooth muscle, or with active smooth muscle that adapts. Note that the smooth muscle activity, if any, was triggered at 1 hour, which was 1 hour prior to the step decrease in pressure.