Is a flat inlet profile sufficient for WSS estimation in the aortic arch?

WSEAS Transactions on Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 148-160

  Renner, J ^a   Loyd, D ^a   Lanne T ^b   Karlsson, M ^a  

^a Department of Management and Engineering ^*  (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aorta; CFD; Inlet boundary condition; Subject specific; Uniform velocity profile; Wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 71449112222     PISSN: 17905087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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