Computational fluid dynamics and digital particle image velocimetry study of the flow through an optimized micro-axial blood pump

Artificial Organs

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 384-391

  Triep, Michael ^a   Brücker, Christoph ^a   Schröder, Wolfgang ^b   Siess, Thorsten ^c  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c ABIOMED EUROPE GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Digital particle image velocimetry; Impeller geometry optimization; Micro axial blood pump; Turbulent drag reduction

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DRAG REDUCTION; FLOW VISUALIZATION; IMPELLERS; PUMPS; SHEAR FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

AXIAL BLOOD PUMPS; BLOOD PUMP; DIGITAL PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; FLOWTHROUGH; GEOMETRY OPTIMIZATION; IMPELL GEOMETRY OPTIMIZATION; IMPELLER GEOMETRY; MICRO-AXIAL BLOOD PUMP; SHEAR-INDUCED; TURBULENT DRAG REDUCTION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PUMP; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; GEOMETRY; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEMOLYSIS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 33646267705     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2006.00230.x     Document Type: Article

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