The assignment of velocity profiles in finite element simulations of pulsatile flow in arteries

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 233-247

  Redaelli, A ^a   Boschetti, F ^a   Inzoli, F ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; FIDAP; Finite element method; FORTRAN; Pulsatile flow; User's subroutine; Womersley

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FORTRAN (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PULSATILE FLOW; VELOCITY;

ARTERIES; USER SUBROUTINE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULSATILE FLOW; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0031147772     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-4825(97)00006-1     Document Type: Article

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