A Computer Simulation of the Blood Flow at the Aortic Bifurcation With Flexible Walls

1993 ◽  
Vol 115 (3) ◽  
pp. 306-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zheng Lou ◽  
Wen-Jei Yang
Keyword(s):  
Blood Flow ◽  
Moving Boundary ◽  
Shear Stresses ◽  
Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian ◽  
Aortic Bifurcation ◽  
Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian Method ◽  
Flexible Walls ◽  
Linear Viscoelastic ◽  
Flow Reversals

To understand the role of fluid dynamics in atherogenesis, especially the effect of the flexibility of arteries, a two-dimensional numerical model for blood flow at the aortic bifurcation with linear viscoelastic walls is developed. The arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian method is adopted to deal with the moving boundary problem. The wall expansion induces flow reversals or eddies during the decelerating systole while the wall contraction restricts them during the diastole. A flexible bifurcation experiences the shear stresses about 10 percent lower than those of a rigid one.

USING ATLAS OF HEART SHAPES FOR SIMULATION OF BLOOD FLOW IN LEFT VENTRICLE

2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (06) ◽  
pp. 1350050 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mir-Hossein Moosavi ◽  
Nasser Fatouraee ◽  
Hamid Katoozian ◽  
Ali Pashaei ◽  
Alejandro F. Frangi
Keyword(s):  
Blood Flow ◽  
Left Ventricle ◽  
Moving Boundary ◽  
Initial Conditions ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Computational Domain ◽  
Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian ◽  
Clinical Value ◽  
Aortic Sinus ◽  
Physiological Models

Integrative modeling of cardiac system is important for understanding the complex biophysical function of the heart]. To this end, multimodal cardiovascular imaging plays an important role in providing the computational domain, the boundary/initial conditions, and tissue function and properties. In particular, the incorporation of blood flow in the physiological models can help to simulate the hemodynamic properties and their effects on cardiac function. In this paper, we present a multimodal framework for quantitative and subject-specific analysis of blood flow in the cardiac chambers, including the left ventricle (LV). The 3D geometries of the LV at different time steps are extracted from medical images using an atlas of LV shape. The motion of the myocardium wall is used to extract the moving boundary data of the computational geometry. The data is used as a constraint for the computational fluid dynamics (CFD). An arbitrary Lagrangian–Eulerian (ALE) finite element method (FEM) formulation is used to derive a numerical solution of the transient dynamic equation of the fluid domain. With this method, simulation results describe detailed flow characteristics (such as velocity, pressure and wall shear stress) in the computational domain. The personalized hemodynamic characteristics obtained with the proposed approach can provide clinical value for diagnosis and treatment of abnormalities related to disturbed blood flow such as in myocardial remodeling and aortic sinus lesion formation.

Role of blood flow and impaired autoregulation in the pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy

Diabetes ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 44 (6) ◽  
pp. 603-607 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. M. Kohner ◽  
V. Patel ◽  
S. M. Rassam
Keyword(s):  
Blood Flow ◽  
Diabetic Retinopathy

Exercise with blood flow restriction as a new tool for health improvement in hypertensive elderly women: the role of purinergic enzymes

2020 ◽  
Vol 60 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aline Mânica ◽  
Clodoaldo A. De SÁ ◽  
Angélica Barili ◽  
Vanessa S. Corralo ◽  
Beatriz S. Bonadiman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Flow ◽  
Elderly Women ◽  
Blood Flow Restriction ◽  
Health Improvement ◽  
Flow Restriction

Role of Nitric Oxide on Papillary Blood Flow and Pressure Natriuresis

Hypertension ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 408-414 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco J. Fenoy ◽  
Paloma Ferrer ◽  
Luis Carbonell ◽  
Miguel García-Salom
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Oxide ◽  
Blood Flow ◽  
Pressure Natriuresis

Investigation of rain erosion on a brittle material by means of numerical simulation

2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 327-334
Author(s):  
H Anıl Salman ◽  
R Orhan Yıldırım
Keyword(s):  
Brittle Material ◽  
Plate Thickness ◽  
Material Model ◽  
Float Glass ◽  
Water Jet ◽  
Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian ◽  
Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian Method ◽  
Maximum Water ◽  
Water Speed ◽  
Rain Erosion

In this work, the resistance and deformation characteristics of a brittle material against rain erosion are examined by using the non-linear, explicit software LS-DYNA. The water jet with varying speeds impinges at 90° on silica float glass plates with different thicknesses. In the simulations, the Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian method is used for modelling of the water. In order to analyse the deformations on the brittle material Johnson–Holmquist–Ceramics (JH-2) is used as the material model. Minimum plate thickness (for constant water jet speed) and maximum water speed (for constant plate thickness), which do not cause any damage to the target, are determined depending on the geometry, boundary conditions and assumed failure strain value for erosion. The results are compared with the water-hammer pressure.

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