Incompressible Navier-Stokes calculations for the development of a ventricular assist device

Computers and Fluids

Volumn 27, Issue 5-6, 1998, Pages 709-719

  Kiris, Cetin ^a   Kwak, Dochan ^a   Benkowski, Robert ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Micromed Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; NUMERICAL METHODS; ROCKET ENGINES;

VENTRICULAR ASSIST DESIGN;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

BLOOD FLOW; HEART PUMP; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; MEDICAL APPLICATION; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 0032101404     PISSN: 00457930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7930(97)00049-2     Document Type: Article

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