Analysis of flow patterns in a patient-specific thoracic aortic aneurysm model

Computers and Structures

Volumn 87, Issue 11-12, 2009, Pages 680-690

  Tan, F P P ^a   Borghi, A ^a   Mohiaddin, R H ^b   Wood, N B ^a   Thom, S ^c   Xu, X Y ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal; Aortic aneurysm; Computational fluid dynamics; Thoracic; Turbulence modelling; Wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM; THORACIC; TURBULENCE MODELLING; WALL SHEAR STRESS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TURBULENCE;

BLOOD VESSELS;

EID: 67349245170     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2008.09.007     Document Type: Article

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