Investigation of unsteady flow in a model of a ventricular assist device by numerical modelling and comparison with experiment

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-64

  Konig C S ^a   Clark, C ^a   Mokhtarzadeh Dehghan, M R ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CFD; Experimental validation; Laminar flow; Model; Moving boundaries; Newtonian; Unsteady flow; VAD

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; HEMODYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEWTONIAN FLOW; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; UNSTEADY FLOW;

LASER DOPPLER ANEMOMETRY (LDA); VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES (VAD);

HEART VALVE PROSTHESES;

ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; DEVICE; FLUID FLOW; HUMAN; LAMINAR FLOW; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHYSICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; VELOCITY;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0344076158     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(98)00084-8     Document Type: Article

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