Fluid-structure interaction in axially symmetric models of abdominal aortic aneurysms

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 223, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 195-209

  Fraser, K H ^a   Li, M X ^a   Lee, W T ^a   Easson, W J ^a   Hoskins, P R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Artery; Blood flow; Computational fluid dynamics; Finite element analysis; Fluid structure interaction; Haemodynamics; Rupture; Wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM; ARTERY; BLOOD FLOW; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HAEMODYNAMICS; RUPTURE; WALL SHEAR STRESS;

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; HEMODYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; SHEAR STRESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SHEAR STRENGTH;

AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; SHEAR STRENGTH;

EID: 63849153950     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM443     Document Type: Article

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