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Establishment of biaxial testing system for characterization of small animal ventricle viscoelasticity under physiological loadings

dc.contributor.authorRoth, Kellan, author
dc.contributor.authorWang, Zhijie, advisor
dc.contributor.authorGarrity, Deborah, committee member
dc.contributor.authorMcGilvray, Kirk, committee member
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-30T10:21:21Z
dc.date.available2022-05-30T10:21:21Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractVentricular dysfunction is a leading cause of heart failure. It is known that the mechanical behavior of both the left and right ventricles contribute to the function and changes during heart failure development. The ventricle tissue is viscoelastic meaning it is a stretch rate dependent material that exhibits both elastic and viscous behavior. The elasticity of the passive ventricular wall has been extensively investigated in cardiac research, but the viscous behavior is poorly understood. Moreover, as viscoelastic behavior is dependent on strain rate, characterizing the ventricle viscoelasticity under physiological loadings will invoke clinically relevant information. The objective of this thesis is to establish a biaxial testing system that can characterize rodent ventricle viscoelasticity under physiological loadings. The new tester was validated using polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) sheets. The results from the biaxial tester's viscoelastic measurement of PDMS confirm that the tester is functioning properly for the measurement of viscoelastic soft tissue properties in small animal species under sinusoidal deformation at physiological stretch rates. Finally, rat right ventricular (RV) free walls in healthy and diseased specimens were characterized under physiological loadings. Significant alterations in viscoelastic properties and tissue anisotropy between the healthy and diseased tissues were observed. The rat RV study provides novel insight into the frequency-dependent and anisotropic viscoelasticity of the rat RV during heart failure development.
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dc.identifierRoth_colostate_0053N_17110.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/235196
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartof2020-
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dc.subjectcardiovascular
dc.subjecthysteresis
dc.subjectviscoelasticity
dc.subjectdissipated energy
dc.subjectbiaxial
dc.subjectstorage energy
dc.titleEstablishment of biaxial testing system for characterization of small animal ventricle viscoelasticity under physiological loadings
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thesis.degree.disciplineMechanical Engineering
thesis.degree.grantorColorado State University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (M.S.)

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