Numerical study on the effect of steady axial flow development in the human aorta on local shear stresses in abdominal aortic branches

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 995-1007

  Shipkowitz, Tanya ^a   Rodgers, V G J ^a   Frazin, Lee J ^b   Chandran, K B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal aorta; Aortic bifurcation; Atherosclerosis; Numerical model; Renal arteries; Wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

AXIAL FLOW; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HEMODYNAMICS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NEWTONIAN FLOW; SHEAR STRESS;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; AORTIC BIFURCATION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; RENAL ARTERIES;

BIOMECHANICS;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; AORTA BIFURCATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FLOW; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL ARTERY; SHEAR STRESS; STEADY STATE; VELOCITY;

AORTA, ABDOMINAL; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RENAL ARTERY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032212118     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(98)00103-1     Document Type: Article

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