Numerical analysis of the flow pattern in stented aneurysms and its relation to velocity reduction and stent efficiency

Mathematics and Computers in Simulation

Volumn 72, Issue 2-6, 2006, Pages 128-133

  Hirabayashi, Miki ^a   Ohta, Makoto ^b   Baráth, Krisztina ^b   Rüfenacht, Daniel A ^b   Chopard, Bastien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aneurysms; Blood flow; Computational fluid dynamics; Lattice Boltzmann method; Stents

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW PATTERNS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); NUMERICAL METHODS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ANEURYSMS; BLOOD FLOW; LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD; STENTS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 33747342980     PISSN: 03784754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matcom.2006.05.037     Document Type: Article

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