Wave propagation in a model artery
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| author | Chantelot, Pierre Delory, Alexandre Prada, Claire Lemoult, Fabrice |
| author_facet | Chantelot, Pierre Delory, Alexandre Prada, Claire Lemoult, Fabrice |
| contents | Fluid filled pipes are ubiquitous in both man-made constructions and living organisms. In the latter, biological pipes, such as arteries, have unique properties as their walls are made of soft, incompressible, highly deformable materials. In this article, we experimentally investigate wave propagation in a model artery: an elastomer strip coupled to a rigid water channel. We measure out-of-plane waves using synthetic Schlieren imaging, and evidence a single dispersive mode which resembles the pulse wave excited by the heartbeat. By imposing an hydrostatic pressure difference, we reveal the strong influence of pre-stress on the dispersion of this wave. Using a model based on the acoustoelastic theory accounting for the material rheology and for the large static deformation of the strip, we demonstrate that the imposed pressure affects wave propagation through an interplay between stretching, orthogonal to the propagation direction, and curvature-induced rigidity. We finally highlight the relevance of our results in the biological setting, by discussing the determination of the arterial wall's material properties from pulse wave velocity measurements in the presence of pre-stress. |
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| spellingShingle | Wave propagation in a model artery Chantelot, Pierre Delory, Alexandre Prada, Claire Lemoult, Fabrice Soft Condensed Matter Fluid filled pipes are ubiquitous in both man-made constructions and living organisms. In the latter, biological pipes, such as arteries, have unique properties as their walls are made of soft, incompressible, highly deformable materials. In this article, we experimentally investigate wave propagation in a model artery: an elastomer strip coupled to a rigid water channel. We measure out-of-plane waves using synthetic Schlieren imaging, and evidence a single dispersive mode which resembles the pulse wave excited by the heartbeat. By imposing an hydrostatic pressure difference, we reveal the strong influence of pre-stress on the dispersion of this wave. Using a model based on the acoustoelastic theory accounting for the material rheology and for the large static deformation of the strip, we demonstrate that the imposed pressure affects wave propagation through an interplay between stretching, orthogonal to the propagation direction, and curvature-induced rigidity. We finally highlight the relevance of our results in the biological setting, by discussing the determination of the arterial wall's material properties from pulse wave velocity measurements in the presence of pre-stress. |
| title | Wave propagation in a model artery |
| topic | Soft Condensed Matter |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.17698 |