Comparative study of viscoelastic arterial wall models in nonlinear one-dimensional finite element simulations of blood flow

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Raghu, Rashmi ^a   Vignon Clementel, Irene E ^b   Figueroa, C Alberto ^a   Taylor, Charles A ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b INRIA   (France)

Author keywords

arteries; blood flow; finite element method; nonlinear one dimensional model; viscoelasticity; wave propagation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; APPLICATION EXAMPLES; ARTERIAL WALL; ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW; CARDIAC CYCLES; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; DISSIPATIVE MODEL; ELASTIC MODELS; EXERCISE CONDITION; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; INLET PRESSURES; LOWER LIMB; MATHEMATICAL FORMS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; PHYSIOLOGICAL SIMULATION; PRESSURE AREA; SPACE-TIME FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SUBJECT-SPECIFIC; VESSEL DEFORMATION; VISCOELASTIC MODELS; VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES; WALL MODEL; WALL PROPERTIES; WAVE SPEED; ZERO FREQUENCY;

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; HEMODYNAMICS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; ONE DIMENSIONAL; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; AORTA BIFURCATION; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; LEG EXERCISE; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; REST; SIMULATION; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VISCOELASTICITY; ARTERY; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; CIRCULATION; ELASTICITY; EXERCISE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

AORTA, ABDOMINAL; ARTERIES; BLOOD CIRCULATION; CAROTID ARTERIES; ELASTICITY; EXERCISE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; REST; VISCOSITY;

EID: 80052903753     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4004532     Document Type: Article

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