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Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (AAAs) occur when an area of the aorta dilates causing weakening of the aortic walls and localization of stresses. AAAs are an area of interest for research as they run the risk of rupture. They are also often asymptomatic, and it is reported that the fatality rate is up to 90% in cases that experience a rupture. Due to the complexity associated with using human tissue for research, many studies on this topic are completed in silico. Many of these in silico studies do not account for the complex mechanical properties of the aortic tissue, or wall thinning in their computational models. The in silico studies previously completed repeatedly made the same assumptions regarding the material properties and utilized the same coefficients for the strain energy function (SEF) in their analyses. However, no testing has been completed to validate the numerically obtained results.