Finite element analysis of three-dimensional vortical flow structure and topology inside a carotid bifurcation model

International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-36

  Tsai, S F ^a   Sheu, Tony W H ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Carotid bifurcation; Critical lines; Streamline upwind Petrov Galerkin; Three dimensional; Topology theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249718998     PISSN: 10618562     EISSN: 10290257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10618560701369569     Document Type: Article

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