Modeling the effect of blood viscosity on hemodynamic factors in a small bifurcated artery

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 71, Issue , 2012, Pages 202-211

  Kanaris, A G ^a   Anastasiou, A D ^a   Paras, S V ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

CFD; Hematocrit; Hypertension; Small artery; Viscosity; Wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL WALL; BLOOD FLOW RATE; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; CASSON MODEL; CFD CODES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HEMATOCRIT; HYPERTENSION; HYPERVISCOSITY; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; PUMPING POWER; SMALL ARTERY; VASCULAR DAMAGE; VELOCITY FLUCTUATIONS; WALL SHEAR STRESS; WALL SHEAR STRESS GRADIENTS;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BLOOD; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW RATE; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; VISCOSITY;

HEMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84855765528     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.12.015     Document Type: Article

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