Simulation of pressure drop and energy dissipation for blood flow in a human fetal bifurcation

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 455-462

  Hellevik, L R ^a,b   Kiserud, T ^c   Irgens, F ^a   Ytrehus, T ^a   Eik Nes, S H ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b National Center for Fetal Medicine   (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d National Center for Fetai Medicine   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

BERNOULLI FORMULATION;

HEMODYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; ENERGY; FETUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; UMBILICAL VEIN;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BLOOD CIRCULATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FETAL HEART; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 0032143424     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2798014     Document Type: Article

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