Feasibility study of the dynamic mesh model in FLUENT for fluid-structure interaction of a heart valve

Advances in Computational Bioengineering

Volumn 7, Issue , 2003, Pages 169-176

  Dumont, K ^a   Vierendeels, J ^a   Verdonck, P R ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; THIN WALLED STRUCTURES; VISCOSITY;

BLOOD FLOW; HEART VALVES; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY (PIV); USER DEFINED FUNCTIONS (UDF);

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM;

EID: 3042582254     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2495/bio030161     Document Type: Conference Paper

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