Autor(es): Valente, Rodrigo ; Mourato, André ; Xavier, José ; Sousa, Pedro ; Domingues, Tiago ; Tavares, Paulo ; Avril, Stéphane ; Tomás, António ; Fragata, José
Data: 2024
Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/173280
Origem: Repositório Institucional da UNL
Assunto(s): aorta; biaxial tests; digital image correlation; experimental protocols; hyperelastic behaviour; soft tissue; Bioengineering
Funding Information: Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT-MCTES): Fluid-structure interaction for functional assessment of ascending aortic aneurysms: a biomechanical-based approach toward clinical practice (AneurysmTool)\u2014https://doi.org/10.54499/PTDC/EMD-EMD/1230/2021 accessed on 17 July 2024; UNIDEMI.UIDB/00667/2020 and UNIDEMI.UIDP/00667/2020; R. Valente Ph.D. grant 2022.12223.BD; A. Mourato Ph.D. grant UI/BD/151212/2021. Publisher Copyright: © 2024 by the authors.
Experimental protocols are fundamental for quantifying the mechanical behaviour of soft tissue. These data are crucial for advancing the understanding of soft tissue mechanics, developing and calibrating constitutive models, and informing the development of more accurate and predictive computational simulations and artificial intelligence tools. This paper offers a comprehensive review of experimental tests conducted on soft aortic tissues, employing the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) methodology, based on the Scopus, Web of Science, IEEE, Google Scholar and PubMed databases. This study includes a detailed overview of the test method protocols, providing insights into practical methodologies, specimen preparation and full-field measurements. The review also briefly discusses the post-processing methods applied to extract material parameters from experimental data. In particular, the results are analysed and discussed providing representative domains of stress–strain curves for both uniaxial and biaxial tests on human aortic tissue.
