Shape optimization of the diffuser blade of an axial blood pump by computational fluid dynamics

Artificial Organs

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 185-192

  Zhu, Lailai ^a   Zhang, Xiwen ^a   Yao, Zhaohui ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Axial blood pump; Backflow; Computational fluid dynamics; Diffuser blade; Inlet angle; Optimization

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; IMPELLERS; MESH GENERATION; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; PARETO PRINCIPLE; PUMPS; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS;

AXIAL BLOOD PUMPS; BACK FLOW; BLOOD PUMP; DIFFUSER BLADES; FLOW SHEAR; HYDRAULIC PERFORMANCE; INLET ANGLES; OPTIMISATIONS; SHAPE-OPTIMIZATION; SHEAR STRESS DISTRIBUTION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; AXIAL BLOOD PUMP; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PUMP; BLOOD VOLUME; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FLOW KINETICS; GENETIC ALGORITHM; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS;

EID: 77949675918     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2009.00799.x     Document Type: Article

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