Computational design of VFP type artificial heart by unstructured grid

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Pressure Vessels and Piping Division (Publication) PVP

Volumn 424 2, Issue , 2001, Pages 251-256

  Kato, Takuma ^a   Kawano, Satoyuki ^a   Nakahashi, Kazuhiro ^a   Yambe, Tomoyuki ^a   Nitta, Shin Ichi ^a   Hashimoto, Hiroyuki ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EBARA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLOOD; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; PUMPS; UNSTEADY FLOW;

ARTIFICIAL HEART; VIBRATING FLOW PUMPS (VFP);

CARDIOLOGY;

EID: 0010614417     PISSN: 0277027X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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