Numerical modeling of a human stented trachea under different stent designs

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 855-862

  Malve M ^a,b   Perez del Palomar A ^a   Mena, A ^a,b   Trabelsi, O ^a,b   Lopez Villalobos J L ^c   Ginel, A ^c   Panadero, F ^c   Doblare M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b BIOMATERIALES Y NANOMEDICINA CIBER BBN   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dumon stent; Fiber reinforced material; Finite element method; Fluid solid interaction; Trachea; Ultraflex stent

Indexed keywords

DUMON STENT; FIBER REINFORCED; FINITE ELEMENT; FLUID-SOLID INTERACTION; TRACHEA; ULTRAFLEX STENT;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFORMATION; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FLUIDS; MUSCLE; PROSTHETICS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; TOMOGRAPHY;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FLUID; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REINFORCED PLASTIC;

EID: 79960010056     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2011.04.012     Document Type: Article

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