Flow into an arterial branch model

Journal of Engineering Mathematics

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 359-374

  Tadjfar, Mehran ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Arterial flow; Atherogenesis; Branch flow; Symmetric bifurcation; Tube

Indexed keywords

AXIAL FLOW; BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR FLOW; WALL FLOW;

ARTERIAL BRANCH MODEL; ARTERIAL FLOW; ATHEROGENESIS; BRANCH FLOW; SYMMETRIC BIFURCATION;

FLOW INTERACTIONS;

AXIAL FLOW; BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW INTERACTIONS; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR FLOW; WALL FLOW;

EID: 33745073012     PISSN: 00220833     EISSN: 15732703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10665-006-9031-8     Document Type: Article

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