Simulation of oscillatory flow in an aortic bifurcation using FVM and FEM: A comparative study of implementation strategies

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1037-1067

  Gohil, Trushar ^a   McGregor, Robert H P ^b   Szczerba, Dominik ^b   Burckhardt, Kathrin ^b   Muralidhar, Krishnamurthy ^a   Székely, Gábor ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aortic bifurcation; Comparison of FEM and FVM; Numerical simulation; Oscillatory flow

Indexed keywords

AORTIC BIFURCATION; BI-CGSTAB; CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; COMPARISON OF FEM AND FVM; COMPUTATION TIME; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; DISCRETIZATIONS; DOMAIN DECOMPOSITIONS; EFFICIENT METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT TECHNIQUES; FINITE VOLUME; FINITE-ELEMENT APPROACH; HIGH REYNOLDS NUMBER; HUMAN BEING; IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES; LINEAR SOLVER; NON-INVASIVE DIAGNOSTICS; NUMERICAL ASPECTS; OSCILLATORY FLOWS; PARALLELIZATIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHUR COMPLEMENT METHOD; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; TIME-DEPENDENT; WALL SHEAR;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEALTH RISKS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PATHOLOGY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THERMOELECTRICITY;

FLOW SIMULATION;

EID: 79958774869     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: 10970363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.2301     Document Type: Article

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