Experimental-numerical assessment of the effect of squeeze flow on mechanical heart valve fluid dynamics and cavitation potential

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Bioengineering Division (Publication) BED

Volumn 35, Issue , 1997, Pages 3-4

  Siegel Jr , John M ^a   Makhijani, Vinod B ^a   Singhal, Ashok K ^a  

^a CFD RESEARCH CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE; VECTORS; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY; WATER HAMMER;

HEART VALVE; SQUEEZE FLOW;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 0030689982     PISSN: 10716947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. Guo X., Xu CC, Hwang NHC, 1990, "Laser assessment of leaflet closing motion in prosthetic heart valves," J Biomech Eng, Vol. 12, pp. 477-481.
2. Makhijani VB, Siegel JM, Hwang, N.H.C, 1996, "NumericalStudy of Squeeze-Flow in Tilting Disk Mechanical Heart Valves." Journal of Heart Valve Disease 5, No. 1, 1996.