Vorticity and turbulence characteristics inside a transparent flexible left ventricle

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Bioengineering Division (Publication) BED

Volumn 50, Issue , 2001, Pages 493-494

  Vlachos, Pavlos P ^a   Pierrakkos, Olga ^a   Phillips, Amber ^a   Tellonis, Demetri P ^a  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CARDIOLOGY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HEART VALVE PROSTHESES; KINETIC ENERGY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

HEART CHAMBERS; VORTICITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0242441542     PISSN: 10716947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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