CFD simulation of shear stress and secondary flows in urethra

Biomedical Engineering - Applications, Basis and Communications

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 117-127

  Niu, Yang Yao ^a   Chang, Ding Yu ^a  

^a CHUNG HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CFD; Lower urinary system; Shear stress; Urethra; Urine flow

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; FLOW VELOCITY; SECONDARY FLOW; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; WALL FLOW;

CFD SIMULATIONS; INFLOW RATE; LOWER URINARY SYSTEM; NUMERICAL RESULTS; URETHRA; URINE FLOW; UROFLOWMETRY; WALL PRESSURE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATION; URETHRA; URETHRA PRESSURE; URINE FLOW RATE; UROFLOWMETRY;

EID: 46349088328     PISSN: 10162372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4015/S1016237207000173     Document Type: Article

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