Table 2.

Results of failure testing for sheep carotid artery specimens. The notation N/A is used for cases where there was no visible initial crack before total failure.

		Failure initiation location		Ultimate failure location						Failure Process
	#	Clamp	Middle	Clamp	Middle	Ultimate stress (MPa)	Ultimate stretch	Stress drop caused by	Failure Mode	Gradual	Abrupt
DB-FT	S1		✓		✓	N/A	N/A	Total breakage	Cracking		A
	S2		✓		✓	3.83	2.65	Total breakage	Cracking		A
	S3		✓		✓	4.81	3.2	Media tear partially	Delamination	G-1
	S4		✓		✓	4.35	2.85	Total breakage	Cracking		A
	S5		✓		✓	3.85	2.62	Total breakage	Cracking		A
	S6	N/A			✓	1.15	2	Total breakage	Necking		A
	S7	N/A			✓	2.03	2.94	Total breakage	Necking		A
	S8	N/A			✓	1.89	2.66	Total breakage	Necking		A
	S9	N/A			✓	2.34	2.53	Total breakage	Necking		A
S10		✓		✓	3.11	2.51	Media tear initiated	Cracking		A
Rect-FT	S11	✓		✓		2.63	2.49	Media tear initiated	Delamination	G-2
	S12	✓		✓		2.49	2.48	Outside FOV	N/A	G-1
	S13	✓		✓		2.51	2.75	Media tear partially	Delamination	G-1
	S14	✓		✓		3.91	3.08	Media tear partially	Delamination	G-1
	S15		✓		✓	3.49	3.33	Necking	Necking	G-1
S16		✓		✓	2.9	2.92	Partial tear	Necking	G-1
Rect-SP	S17	✓		✓		4.5	2.43	Media tear partially	Delamination	G-1
	S18	✓		✓		2.55	2.59	Media tear partially	Delamination	G-1
	S19	✓		✓		3.48	2.41	Media tear partially	Delamination	G-3
	S20	✓		✓		2.96	2.44	Media tear initiated	Delamination	G-3
	S21	✓		✓		3.35	3.4	Partial tear	Necking	G-1
S22	✓		✓		3.07	2.45	Media tear initiated	Delamination	G-1