Numerical simulation of blood flow in an artery with two successive bends

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1075-1083

  Hoogstraten, H W ^a   Kootstra, J G ^a   Hillen, B ^b   Krijger, J K B ^b   Wensing, P J W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Computational fluid dynamics; Femoral artery; Finite element method; Hemodynamics

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DISEASES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW PATTERNS; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VISCOUS FLOW;

ARTERY; BLOOD FLOW; NEWTONIAN VISCOUS FLUID; SECONDARY FLOW PATTERNS; SUCCESSIVE BENDS; THREE DIMENSIONAL FLOW EFFECTS;

HEMODYNAMICS;

ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW; FEMORAL ARTERY; GEOMETRY; HEMODYNAMICS; LIQUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0030221809     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9290(95)00174-3     Document Type: Article

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