Numerical simulation of an axial blood pump

Artificial Organs

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 560-570

  Chua, Leok Poh ^a   Su, Boyang ^a   Lim, Tau Meng ^a   Zhou, Tongming ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Axial blood pump; Computational fluid dynamics; Hemolysis

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CELLS; IMPELLERS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); PUMPS; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS;

ARTIFICIAL BLOOD PUMPS; AXIAL BLOOD PUMPS; BLADE TIP; BLOOD CELLS; DISTRIBUTION OF VELOCITY; HAEMOLYSIS; HIGH SHEAR; MAGNETICALLY SUSPENDED; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PATH LINES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; AXIAL BLOOD PUMP; BLOOD CELL; BLOOD PUMP; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HEMOLYSIS; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATION; VELOCITY;

EID: 34250701082     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2007.00422.x     Document Type: Article

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