Finite element analysis of blood flow characteristics in a Ventricular Assist Device (VAD)

Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 654-663

  Moosavi, Mir Hossein ^a   Fatouraee, Nasser ^a   Katoozian, Hamid ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Elastic diaphragm; Fluid Structure Interaction; Heart failure; Heart valve

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; BLOOD; DIAPHRAGMS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; FLUIDS; HEALTH CARE; HEMODYNAMICS; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

ARBITRARY LAGRANGIAN-EULERIAN; ARTIFICIAL DEVICES; BLOOD FLOW; ELASTIC DIAPHRAGM; FINITE-ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FLOW CONDITIONS; FLOW DOMAINS; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HEART FAILURE; HEART VALVE; HIGH PRESSURES; HIGH SHEAR RATES; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLUIDS; NEWTONIANS; NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS; STAGNATION POINTS; STRUCTURAL INTERACTIONS; VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES;

BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESES;

EID: 61849113818     PISSN: 1569190X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.simpat.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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