Importance of flow division on transition to turbulence within an arteriovenous graft

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 981-992

  Lee, Sang Wook ^a   Smith, David S ^b   Loth, Francis ^b,c   Fischer, Paul F ^d   Bassiouny, Hisham S ^e  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

^c University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous graft; Direct numerical simulation; Flow division; Hemodynamics; Transition to turbulence

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW PATTERNS; GRAFTS; HEMODYNAMICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE;

ARTERIOVENOUS GRAFT; DISTAL VENOUS SEGMENT (DVS); FLOW DIVISION; SPECTRAL ELEMENT METHODS;

BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESES;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; FLOW RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; IN VIVO STUDY; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SIMULATION; VEIN GRAFT;

ANIMALS; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; DOGS; HEMORHEOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PULSATILE FLOW;

EID: 33847397910     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2006.03.024     Document Type: Article

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