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Table 1 Comparison of peak wall stress among the three numerical approaches.

From: Fluid-structure interaction in abdominal aortic aneurysms: effects of asymmetry and wall thickness

β

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

UW FSI

32.3

29.1

28.3

28.0

27.7

UW CSS T

29.0 (-10.2)

26.3 (-9.6)

26.0 (-8.1)

25.6 (-8.6)

25.1 (-9.4)

UW CSS S

29.2 (-9.6)

26.3 (-9.6)

25.8 (-8.9)

25.4 (-9.3)

25.1 (-9.4)

VW FSI

152.6

136.2

124.3

115.6

110.0

VW CSS T

106.5 (-30.2)

95.7 (-29.7)

88.0 (-29.2)

82.3 (-28.8)

78.2 (-28.9)

VW CSS S

107.5 (-29.6)

95.6 (-29.8)

87.5 (-29.6)

82.0 (-29.1)

77.8 (-29.3)

  1. Peak wall stress (in N/cm2) and comparison between the three numerical techniques. The parentheses show the % difference of the stress obtained with the CSST and CSSS methods with respect to the baseline FSI method.