Analysis of pulsatile blood flow in constricted bifurcated arteries with vorticity-stream function approach

Journal of Medical Engineering and Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 10-22

  Chakravarty, S ^a   Sen, S ^a  

^a VISVA BHARATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Arteriosclerosis; Distensibility; Haemodynamics; Stream lines; Vorticity; Wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERNS; FORMABILITY; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PULSATILE FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; VORTICITY;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; STREAM LINES; VASCULAR WALL DEFORMABILITY; WALL SHEAR STRESS;

HEMODYNAMICS;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HEMODYNAMICS; PULSATILE FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; WALL STRESS;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ARTERIES; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULSATILE FLOW; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 38149009536     PISSN: 03091902     EISSN: 1464522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091900600700822     Document Type: Article

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