Direct numerical simulation of transitional flow in a patient-specific intracranial aneurysm

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 44, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 2826-2832

  Valen Sendstad, Kristian ^a,b   Mardal, Kent André ^a,b   Mortensen, Mikael ^c   Reif, Bjørn Anders Pettersson ^c   Langtangen, Hans Petter ^a,b  

^a SIMULA RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Computational fluid dynamics; Direct Numerical Simulation; Middle cerebral artery aneurysm; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM RUPTURE; BLOOD FLOW; CFD SIMULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; INFLOW VELOCITY; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSMS; MAXIMUM VALUES; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PATIENT SPECIFIC; TRANSITION TO TURBULENCE; TRANSITIONAL FLOW; TURBULENT STRUCTURES; WALL SHEAR STRESS; WALL STRESS;

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; HEMODYNAMICS; TURBULENCE;

FLOW SIMULATION;

ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; HEART CYCLE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; PULSATILE FLOW; RHEOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; SHEAR STRESS; SYSTOLE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TURBULENT FLOW;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULSATILE FLOW; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 80055096543     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.08.015     Document Type: Article

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