A mathematical simulation of the ureter: Effects of the model parameters on ureteral pressure/flow relations

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Vahidi, Bahman ^a   Fatouraee, Nasser ^a   Imanparast, Ali ^a   Moghadam, Abbas Nasiraei ^a,b  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b Division of Diagnostic Cardiovascular Imaging   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian formulation; FSI method; Peristalsis; Vesicoureteral reflux

Indexed keywords

ALE FORMULATION; APPROPRIATE MODELS; ARBITRARY LAGRANGIAN-EULERIAN FORMULATIONS; BACK FLOW; CELL WALLS; COMPLIANT TUBES; COMPLIANT WALLS; FSI METHOD; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; INCOMPRESSIBLE NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; INTRALUMINAL; ITERATIVE COMPUTING; LINEAR ELASTIC MODEL; LIVING ORGANISMS; MATHEMATICAL SIMULATIONS; MODEL PARAMETERS; NONLINEAR CONTACT ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OUTLET FLOWS; PERISTALSIS; PERISTALTIC MECHANISM; PERISTALTIC TRANSPORT; PRESSURE DIFFERENCES; RIGID CONTACTS; SLOW START; TEMPORAL CHANGE; TWO-WAY COUPLING; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX; WAVE VELOCITY;

BODY FLUIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; FLUIDS; INLET FLOW; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEAR STRESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS ANALYSIS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

ARBITRARY LAGRANGIAN EULERIAN; ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICTURITION; NAVIER STOKES; NONHUMAN; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS; URETER; URETER PRESSURE; URETER STRICTURE; URETERAL FLOW; URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION; URINE FLOW RATE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MECHANICAL STRESS; PERISTALSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; SHEAR STRENGTH; STATISTICAL MODEL; URINE; BLADDER; SIMULATION; URETER FUNCTION; URETER PERISTALSIS; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERISTALSIS; PRESSURE; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL; URETER; URINATION; URINE;

EID: 79551636954     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4003316     Document Type: Article

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