Direct numerical simulation of transitional flow in a stenosed carotid bifurcation

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2551-2561

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

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid artery bifurcation; Hemodynamics; Spectral element method; Stenosis; Turbulence; Wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; HEMODYNAMICS; INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS; LAMINAR FLOW; PRESSURE; SEPARATION; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX SHEDDING; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

BLOOD FLOW DYNAMICS; BLOOD FLOWS; BLOOD VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERY (CA); CAROTID BIFURCATION; COLOR DOPPLER ULTRASOUND (CD US); COMPLEX FLOWS; DECELERATION PHASE; ELSEVIER (CO); HIGH SPATIAL GRADIENTS; HIGH-FREQUENCY (HF); IN-VIVO; INLET CONDITIONS; INNER WALLS; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY (ICA); LOW PRESSURE (LP); NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; OSCILLATORY FLOWS; PRESSURE FLUCTUATIONS; SPECTRAL-ELEMENT METHOD (SEM); SUBJECT SPECIFIC; TRANSITIONAL FLOWS; TURBULENCE LEVELS; VELOCITY FLUCTUATIONS; WALL SHEAR STRESS (WSS); WEAKLY TURBULENT;

FLOW SIMULATION;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ARTERY FLOW; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; LAMINAR FLOW; MECHANICAL STRESS; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATION; SYSTOLE; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID STENOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 48149092601     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.03.038     Document Type: Article

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