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

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 717-728

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic model; Computational fluid dynamics; Helical flow, Hemodynamics; Iliac bifurcation; Numerical model; Wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW PATTERNS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; SHEAR STRESS;

ABDOMINAL AORTIC BRANCHES; SECONDARY FLOW;

BIOMECHANICS;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; AORTA FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER MODEL; DESCENDING AORTA; FLOW RATE; GEOMETRY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATION;

ALGORITHMS; AORTA; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIAC OUTPUT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIASTOLE; FORECASTING; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RENAL ARTERY; ROTATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0034026535     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(99)00223-7     Document Type: Article

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