Cavitation phenomena in mechanical heart valves: The role of squeeze flow velocity and contact area on cavitation initiation between two impinging rods

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1269-1280

  Lim, W L ^a   Chew, Y T ^a   Low, H T ^a   Foo, W L ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Mechanical heart valves; Squeeze flow

Indexed keywords

CAVITATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

SQUEEZE FLOW;

HEART VALVE PROSTHESES;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; DYNAMICS; FLOW RATE; HEART VALVE; IMAGING; LIQUID; PARAMETER; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SIMULATION; VELOCITY;

EID: 0042125061     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(03)00161-1     Document Type: Article

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