Figure 8.

Representative predictions of the (a) circumferential, (b) axial, and (c) radial stress distributions across the arterial wall of the V₂ and V₃ arterial segments at the in-vivo axial stretch and pressure of 13.33 kPa. In the case of the V₂ arterial segment, a restriction on the deformed outer radius was imposed and tuned such that the mid-wall circumferential stresses of the V₂ and V₃ arterial segments are equal. In this case, the maximal deformed outer radius, r_o^*, of the V₂ arterial segment is 1.381 mm (the unrestricted deformed outer radius under the applied loads is r_o is 1.40 mm).