A Nonlinear Axisymmetric Model With Fluid–Wall Interactions for Steady Viscous Flow in Stenotic Elastic Tubes

1999 ◽  
Vol 121 (5) ◽  
pp. 494-501 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Tang ◽  
J. Yang ◽  
C. Yang ◽  
D. N. Ku

Arteries with high-grade stenoses may compress under physiologic conditions due to negative transmural pressure caused by high-velocity flow passing through the stenoses. To quantify the compressive conditions near the stenosis, a nonlinear axisymmetric model with fluid–wall interactions is introduced to simulate the viscous flow in a compliant stenotic tube. The nonlinear elastic properties of the tube (tube law) are measured experimentally and used in the model. The model is solved using ADINA (Automatic Dynamic Incremental Nonlinear Analysis), which is a finite element package capable of solving problems with fluid–structure interactions. Our results indicate that severe stenoses cause critical flow conditions such as negative pressure and high and low shear stresses, which may be related to artery compression, plaque cap rupture, platelet activation, and thrombus formation. The pressure field near a stenosis has a complex pattern not seen in one-dimensional models. Negative transmural pressure as low as −24 mmHg for a 78 percent stenosis by diameter is observed at the throat of the stenosis for a downstream pressure of 30 mmHg. Maximum shear stress as high as 1860 dyn/cm2 occurs at the throat of the stenoses, while low shear stress with reversed direction is observed right distal to the stenosis. Compressive stresses are observed inside the tube wall. The maximal principal stress and hoop stress in the 78 percent stenosis are 80 percent higher than that from the 50 percent stenosis used in our simulation. Flow rates under different pressure drop conditions are calculated and compared with experimental measurements and reasonable agreement is found for the prebuckling stage.

2013 ◽  
Vol 184 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 299-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard J. Lisle

AbstractThe assumption is widely made that slip on faults occurs in the direction of maximum resolved shear stress, an assumption known as the Wallace-Bott hypothesis. This assumption is used to theoretically predict slip directions from known in situ stresses, and also as the basis of palaeostress inversion from fault-slip data. This paper examines different situations in relation to the appropriateness of this assumption. Firstly, it is shown that the magnitude of the shear stress resolved within a plane is a function with a poorly defined maximum direction, so that shear stress values greater than 90% of the maximum occur within a wide angular range (± 26°) degrees. The situation of simultaneous movement on pairs of faults requires slip on each fault to be parallel to their mutual line of intersection. However, the resolved shear stresses arising from a homogeneous state of stress do not accord with such a slip arrangement except in the case of pairs of perpendicular faults. Where fault surfaces are non-planar, the directions of resolved shear stress in general give, according to the Wallace-Bott hypothesis, a set of slip directions of rigid fault blocks, which is generally kinematically incompatible. Finally, a simple model of a corrugated fault suggests that any anisotropy of the shear strength of the fault such as that arising from fault surface topography, can lead to a significant angular difference between the directions of maximum shear stress and the slip direction.These findings have relevance to the design of procedures used to estimate palaeostresses and the amount of data required for this type of analysis.


2018 ◽  
Vol 147 ◽  
pp. 01005
Author(s):  
Jonie Tanijaya

This study is carried out to evaluate the potential of three hybrid T-beams with web openings theoretical shear stresses distribution. The shear stresses at the opening edges were plotted at the working stage, yielding stage and collapse stage for these three tested beams. The available experimental results from the previous research was compared to the finite element results as well as the developed analytical. The shear stress distribution at the middle of the top and bottom chords of the opening in pure bending region are zero. At the upper and lower corners of the opening occurs the maximum shear stresses. The maximum shear stress occurs at the right lower corner chord at the high moment edge and at the left upper corner chord at the low moment edge in beams with openings at high shear and high flexural – shear region. Furthermore, an extensive parametric study is performed on these beams to find the distributing ratio of the shear force between the opening chords. The shear force at an opening in hybrid R/C T-beam is carried by the top and bottom chords of the opening according to the area – moment of inertia root ratio with the correction factor 0.70.


Author(s):  
Dianyin Hu ◽  
Rongqiao Wang ◽  
Quanbin Ren ◽  
Jie Hong

First, this paper established the seal structural 2D axisymmetric model of a certain Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) and calculated the deformation and stresses at ignition through a large displacement, incompressible, contact finite element analysis. The results show that the maximum contact stress appears at the contact area and the maximum shear stress at groove notch. Then, some typical parameters of the seal structure which might have the impact on the sealing performance, such as the gap breadth, initial compressibility, fillets of the groove notch and bottom, groove width, were analyzed. We can find that the gap breadth and initial compressibility do great contributions to the maximum contact normal stress, and the groove notch and bottom fillets act upon the maximum shear stress obviously. In order to verify the validity of the 2D axisymmetric model, 3D structural finite element analysis of the structure was conducted, and the results indicate that in service, the upper flange is inclined relative to the nether flange, which seems to mean that the gap breadth can not be considered as a constant during the 2D axisymmetric analysis. However further calculations say that if using the minimum gap breadth gotten in 3D analysis as its constant gap value, the above 2D axisymmetric model can rationally take the place of 3D model to analyze the sealing performance. Finally, the failure modes & criteria of the O-ring seals based on the maximum contact normal stress and shear stress were determined to ensure the reliability of this structure.


2016 ◽  
Vol 83 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chenglin Liu ◽  
Shijie He ◽  
Xiaojun Li ◽  
Bo Huo ◽  
Baohua Ji

It has been recognized that cells are able to actively sense and respond to the mechanical signals through an orchestration of many subcellular processes, such as cytoskeleton remodeling, nucleus reorientation, and polarization. However, the underlying mechanisms that regulate these behaviors are largely elusive; in particular, the quantitative understanding of these mechanical responses is lacking. In this study, combining experimental measurement and theoretical modeling, we studied the effects of rigidity and pattern geometry of substrate on collective cell behaviors. We showed that the mechanical force took pivotal roles in regulating the alignment and polarization of cells and subcellular structures. The cell, cytoskeleton, and nucleus preferred to align and polarize along the direction of maximum principal stress in cell monolayer, and the driving force is the in-plane maximum shear stress. The higher the maximum shear stress, the more the cells and their subcellular structures preferred to align and polarize along the direction of maximum principal stress. In addition, we proved that in response to the change of in-plane shear stresses, the actin cytoskeleton is more sensitive than the nucleus. This work provides important insights into the mechanisms of cellular and subcellular responses to mechanical signals. And it also suggests that the mechanical force does matter in cell behaviors, and quantitative studies through mechanical modeling are indispensable in biomedical and tissue engineering applications.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (11) ◽  
pp. e0259196
Author(s):  
David G. Owen ◽  
Diana C. de Oliveira ◽  
Emma K. Neale ◽  
Duncan E. T. Shepherd ◽  
Daniel M. Espino

Coronary bifurcations are prone to atherosclerotic plaque growth, experiencing regions of reduced wall shear stress (WSS) and increased platelet adhesion. This study compares effects across different rheological approaches on hemodynamics, combined with a shear stress exposure history model of platelets within a stenosed porcine bifurcation. Simulations used both single/multiphase blood models to determine which approach best predicts phenomena associated with atherosclerosis and atherothrombosis. A novel Lagrangian platelet tracking model was used to evaluate residence time and shear history of platelets indicating likely regions of thrombus formation. Results show a decrease in area of regions with pathologically low time-averaged WSS with the use of multiphase models, particularly in a stenotic bifurcation. Significant non-Newtonian effects were observed due to low-shear and varying hematocrit levels found on the outer walls of the bifurcation and distal to the stenosis. Platelet residence time increased 11% in the stenosed artery, with exposure times to low-shear sufficient for red blood cell aggregation (>1.5 s). increasing the risk of thrombosis. This shows stenotic artery hemodynamics are inherently non-Newtonian and multiphase, with variations in hematocrit (0.163–0.617) and elevated vorticity distal to stenosis (+15%) impairing the function of the endothelium via reduced time-averaged WSS regions, rheological properties and platelet activation/adhesion.


Author(s):  
Itzhak Green

This work determines the location of the greatest elastic distress in cylindrical contacts based upon the distortion energy and the maximum shear stress theories. The ratios between the maximum pressure, the von Mises stress, and the maximum shear stress are determined and fitted by empirical formulations for a wide range of Poisson ratios, which represent material compressibility. Some similarities exist between cylindrical and spherical contacts, where for many metallic materials the maximum von Mises or shear stresses emerge beneath the surface. However, if any of the bodies in contact is excessively compressible the maximum von Mises stress appears at the surface. That transitional Poisson ratio is found. The critical force per unit length that causes yielding onset, along with its corresponding interference and half-width contact are derived.


1987 ◽  
Vol 253 (5) ◽  
pp. H1112-H1119 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Tesfamariam ◽  
W. Halpern

The effects of perfusion on the reactivity of isolated rat resistance mesenteric arteries (200 micron ID) to electrical stimulation and exogenous norepinephrine (NE) were investigated. Diameter constrictions of these arteries that have an intact endothelium in response to the stimuli were significantly greater (P less than 0.05) in the presence than in the absence of flow. Inhibition of NE uptake and metabolism with cocaine, normetanephrine, and pargyline increased constrictor responses to electrical stimulation and NE in the presence and absence of flow, but responses remained larger in the presence of flow. Endothelial cell removal augmented the NE-induced diameter constrictions, which were not different whether or not flow was present. Perfusion at similar flows but a higher shear stress using a dextran solution led to smaller constrictions than obtained at lower shear stress in response to NE. However, NE-induced constrictions at high and low shear stresses were the same after endothelium removal. These observations suggest that NE and elevated levels of shear stress induce the release of relaxing factors from the endothelium, which attenuates direct NE smooth muscle cell constrictor responses.


Blood ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 71 (5) ◽  
pp. 1366-1374 ◽  
Author(s):  
JL Moake ◽  
NA Turner ◽  
NA Stathopoulos ◽  
L Nolasco ◽  
JD Hellums

Abstract Fluid shear stress in arteries and arterioles partially obstructed by atherosclerosis or spasm may exceed the normal time-average level of 20 dyne/cm2. In vitro, at fluid shear stresses of 30 to 60 dyne/cm2 applied for 30 seconds, platelet aggregation occurs. At these shear stresses, either large or unusually large von Willebrand factor (vWF) multimers in the suspending fluid exogenous to the platelets mediates aggregation. Adenosine diphosphate (ADP) is also required and, in these experiments, was released from the platelets subjected to shear stress. At 120 dyne/cm2, the release of endogenous platelet vWF multimers can substitute for exogenous large or unusually large vWF forms in mediating aggregation. Endogenous released platelet vWF forms, as well as exogenous large or unusually large vWF multimers, must bind to both glycoproteins Ib and the IIb/IIIa complex to produce aggregation. Shear- induced aggregation is the result of shear stress alteration of platelet surfaces, rather than of shear effects on vWF multimers. It is mediated by either large plasma-type vWF multimers, endogenous released platelet vWF forms, or unusually large vWF multimers derived from endothelial cells, requires ADP, and is not inhibited significantly by aspirin. This type of aggregation may be important in platelet thrombus formation within narrowed arterial vessels, and may explain the limited therapeutic utility of aspirin in arterial thrombosis.


Author(s):  
Patrick M. McGah ◽  
James J. Riley ◽  
Alberto Aliseda ◽  
Daniel F. Leotta ◽  
Kirk W. Beach

Arteriovenous fistulae are created surgically to provide an adequate access for dialysis in patients with End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD). Producing an autogenous shunt linking an artery and a vein in the peripheral circulation bypasses the high resistance capillary bed in order to provide the necessary flow rates at sites easily accessible for dialysis. In successful fistulae, venous flow rates can easily exceed 1000 mL/min. It has long been recognized that the hemodynamics constitute the primary external influence on the remodeling process [1]; The high flow rate, together with the exposure of the venous tissue to the high arterial pressure, leads to a rapid process of wall remodeling that may end in a mature access or in failure. Recent hemodynamic simulations [2,3] have computed very high viscous wall shear stresses within fistulae; Stresses > 15Pa have been reported which are much greater than what is typically considered normal (i.e. homeostatic, ≈ 1Pa). Both sustained high shear and sustained low shear have been hypothesized to cause pathological venous remodeling (i.e. intimal hyperplasia) which causes stenoses and threatens fistula patency. The role of high vs. low shear stress in effecting patency remains unclear. Given the high failure rate of dialysis access sites (up to 50% require surgical revision within one year [4]), understanding the dynamics of blood flow within the fistula is a necessary step in understanding the remodeling, and ultimately, in improving clinical outcomes.


Blood ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 85 (3) ◽  
pp. 705-711 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Harsfalvi ◽  
JM Stassen ◽  
MF Hoylaerts ◽  
E Van Houtte ◽  
RT Sawyer ◽  
...  

Calin from the saliva of the medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis, is a potent inhibitor of collagen mediated platelet adhesion and activation. In addition to inhibition of the direct platelet-collagen interaction, we presently demonstrate that binding of von Willebrand to coated collagen can be prevented by Calin, both under static and flow conditions in agreement with the occurrence of binding of Calin to collagen, confirmed by Biospecific Interaction Analysis. To define whether Calin acted by inhibiting the platelet-collagen or the platelet- von Willebrand factor (vWF)-collagen-mediated thrombus formation, platelet adhesion to different types of collagens was studied in a parallel-plate flow chamber perfused with whole blood at different shear rates. Calin dose-dependently prevented platelet adhesion to the different collagens tested both at high- and low-shear stress. The concentration of Calin needed to cause 50% inhibition of platelet adhesion at high-shear stress was some fivefold lower than that needed for inhibition of vWF-binding under similar conditions, implying that at high-shear stress, the effect of Calin on the direct platelet- collagen interactions, suffices to prevent thrombus formation. Platelet adhesion to extracellular matrix (ECM) of cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cells was only partially prevented by Calin, and even less so at a high-shear rather than a low-shear rate, whereas the platelet binding to coated vWF and fibrinogen were minimally affected at both shear rates. Thus, Calin interferes with both the direct platelet- collagen interaction and the vWF-collagen binding. Both effects may contribute to the inhibition of platelet adhesion in flowing conditions, although the former seems to predominate.


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