Fig. 3.
Evolution of the prescribed luminal pressure (a) and predicted responses: luminal radius (b), wall thickness (c and d), circumferential and axial stress in the native vessel (e and g) and nondegradable external support (f and h) for a 1.5 fold increase in pressure. Results compare supports with four different values of stiffness (fold change of 1, 10, 100 and 1000 with respect to ce). Adaptation without an external support (‘none’) is shown for reference. Pressure, radius, and thickness are normalized by respective initial values.