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Arterial dissections are frequently observed in clinical practice and during road traffic accidents. In particular, the lamellarly arrangement of elastin, collagen, in addition to smooth muscle cells in the middle arterial layer, the media, favors dissection failure. Experimental studies and related biomechanical models are rare in the literature. Finite strain kinematics is employed, and the discontinuity in the displacement field accounts for tissue separation. Dissection is regarded as a gradual process in which separation between incipient material surfaces is resisted by cohesive traction. Two variational statements together with their consistent linearizations form the basis for a finite element implementation. We combine the cohesive crack concept with the partition of unity finite element method, where nodal degrees of freedom adjacent to the discontinuity are enhanced. The developed continuum mechanical and numerical …