Numerical analysis of the flow characteristics of rotary blood pump

Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 54-60

  Morsi, Y S ^a   Yang, W ^a   Witt, P J ^a   Ahmed, A M ^a   Umezu, M ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Centrifugal blood pump; CFD; Hydrodynamics; Numerical simulation; Rotary blood pump

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PUMP; DEVICE; ENERGY; FLOW RATE; HEMOLYSIS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATION; THROMBOGENESIS; VELOCITY;

EID: 0035066744     PISSN: 14347229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01235837     Document Type: Article

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