Pulsatile flow in stenotic geometries: Flow behaviour and stability

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 622, Issue , 2009, Pages 291-320

  Griffith, Martin D ^a,b   Leweke, T ^b   Thompson, M C ^a   Hourigan, K ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; FLOW FIELDS; GEOMETRY; LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; PULSATILE FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW;

ABSOLUTE INSTABILITY; ARTERIAL STENOSIS; AXISYMMETRIC BASE FLOW; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; PROPAGATION VELOCITIES; SHEAR LAYER INSTABILITY; SPECTRAL ELEMENT; STENOSIS DEGREES;

SHEAR FLOW;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW MODELING; FLOW STABILITY; GEOMETRY; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 65649119371     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112008005338     Document Type: Article

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