Branch angle and flow into a symmetric bifurcation

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 516-518

  Tadjfar, Mehran ^a  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ARTERIAL BRANCHES; AXIAL WALL SHEAR; FLOW SEPARATION; WALL LOCATION;

REYNOLDS NUMBER;

ARTERIAL TRUNK; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; FLOW MEASUREMENT; MODEL; SIMULATION; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 6044230911     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1785809     Document Type: Article

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