Merging flows in an arterial confluence: The vertebro-basilar junction

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 304, Issue , 1995, Pages 119-141

  Ravensbergen, J ^a   Krijger, J K B ^a   Hillen, B ^a   Hoogstraten, H W ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW PATTERNS; GEOMETRY; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY; VORTEX FLOW;

ARTERIAL CONFLUENCE; DOUBLE HUMP AXIAL VELOCITY PROFILE; DYE INJECTION TECHNIQUES; MERGING FLOWS; RIGID SYMMETRICAL JUNCTION GEOMETRY; THREE DIMENSIONAL FINITE ELEMENT COMPUTATIONS; VERTEBRO-BASILAR JUNCTION;

VISCOUS FLOW;

EID: 0029540659     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112095004368     Document Type: Article

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