A novel formulation for Neumann inflow boundary conditions in biomechanics

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 560-573

  Gravemeier, Volker ^a   Comerford, Andrew ^a   Yoshihara, Lena ^a   Ismail, Mahmoud ^a   Wall, Wolfgang A ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular mechanics; Neumann inflow boundary conditions; Residual based variational multiscale finite element method; Respiratory mechanics

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; CARDIOVASCULAR FLOW; CARDIOVASCULAR MECHANICS; CT IMAGE; FLOW REVERSALS; FOURTH GENERATION; INFLOW BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; LAGRANGE; MECHANICAL VENTILATION; MULTIPLIER TECHNIQUES; NEUMANN BOUNDARY CONDITION; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; PRESSURE CURVE; PRESSURE PROFILES; RESPIRATORY FLOW; RETROGRADE FLOW; TOTAL MOMENTUM; VARIATIONAL MULTISCALE;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MOMENTUM; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; TUBES (COMPONENTS); VENTILATION;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BREATHING MECHANICS; BRONCHUS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRACHEA;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BRONCHI; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; TRACHEA;

EID: 84860468722     PISSN: 20407939     EISSN: 20407947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cnm.1490     Document Type: Article

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