2-D transmitral flows simulation by means of the immersed boundary method on unstructured grids

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1133-1158

  Denaro, F M ^a   Sarghini, F ^b  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diastolic function; Fractional time step method; Immersed boundary method; Mitral flow analysis; Unstructured grid

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGY;

IMMERSED BOUNDARY METHOD;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM;

MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL APPLICATION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 0037197941     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.278     Document Type: Article

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