Numerical simulations of fluid mechanical interactions between two abdominal aortic branches

Korea Australia Rheology Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 75-83

  Kim, Taedong ^a   Seo, Taewon ^a,b   Barakat, Abdul I ^b  

^a Andong National University   (South Korea)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic branch; Atherosclerosis; Fluid mechanical interactions; Pulsatile flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 30344475266     PISSN: 1226119X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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