Computational fluid dynamics performance prediction for the hydrodynamic bearings of the VentrAssist rotary blood pump

Artificial Organs

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 348-357

  Bertram, Christopher D ^a   Qian, Yi ^a   Reizes, John A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Hydrodynamic bearings; Laminar flow; Rotary pump

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMPELLERS; ROTARY PUMPS; ROTATING MACHINERY;

BLADED IMPELLER; DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; FINITE-VOLUME; HYDRODYNAMIC BEARINGS; IMPELLER POSITIONS; NOMINAL AXIS; PERFORMANCE PREDICTION; PREDICTION-BASED; PRESSURE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ROTARY BLOOD PUMPS;

LAMINAR FLOW;

BLOOD PUMP; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIPOLE; FLUID FLOW; FORCE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; THEORY;

EID: 0034830595     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1594.2001.025005348.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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