Computational fluid dynamics analysis of hydrodynamic bearings of the VentrAssist rotary blood pump

Artificial Organs

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 488-491

  Qian, Yi ^a   Bertram, Christopher D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bearing; Blood pump; Computational fluid dynamics; Impeller

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DRAG; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMPELLERS; PUMPS;

BEARING; BLOOD PUMP; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS PACKAGE; FLOWTHROUGH; FLUID DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; FLUID-DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; HYDRAULIC PERFORMANCE; HYDRODYNAMIC BEARINGS; ROTARY BLOOD PUMPS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW PATTERNS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PUMP; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVICE; FORCE; HYDRODYNAMICS; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY;

EID: 0033917489     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1594.2000.06609.x     Document Type: Article

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