Simulating the fluid dynamics of natural and prosthetic heart valves using the immersed boundary method

International Journal of Applied Mechanics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 137-177

  Griffith, Boyce E ^a   Luo, Xiaoyu ^b   McQueen, David M ^c   Peskin, Charles S ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptive mesh refinement; aortic valve; fluid structure interaction; Immersed boundary method; mitral valve; physical boundary conditions; prosthetic valve

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MESH REFINEMENT; AORTIC ROOT; AORTIC VALVES; CIRCULAR PIPE; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; FLOW CHAMBERS; FLUID DOMAIN; FLUID-STRUCTURE COUPLING; FOUR-POINT; HEART VALVES; IMMERSED BOUNDARY; IMMERSED BOUNDARY METHODS; MATHEMATICAL FRAMEWORKS; MITRAL VALVES; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE; SEMI-RIGID; VISCOUS INCOMPRESSIBLE FLUIDS;

BLOOD VESSELS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DELTA FUNCTIONS; DYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; FLUIDS; HEART; MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROSTHETICS; STANDARDS;

TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 69049112963     PISSN: 17588251     EISSN: 1758826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1758825109000113     Document Type: Article

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