Fluid flow through various branching tubes

Journal of Engineering Mathematics

Volumn 47, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 277-298

  Smith, F T ^a   Purvis, R ^a   Dennis, S C R ^b   Jones, M A ^c   Ovenden, N C ^d   Tadjfar, M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous malformations; Branching tube flows; Multiple branches; Slender geometry

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FLOW RATES;

PIPE FLOW;

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATION; FLUID FLOW;

EID: 0942301853     PISSN: 00220833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ENGI.0000007981.46608.73     Document Type: Article

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