A study of wall shear stress in 12 aneurysms with respect to different viscosity models and flow conditions

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 46, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 2802-2808

  Evju, Øyvind ^a   Valen Sendstad, Kristian ^a,b   Mardal, Kent André ^a  

^a SIMULA RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boundary conditions; Cerebral aneurysms; Computational fluid dynamics; Non Newtonian fluid; Wall shear stress

Indexed keywords

CEREBRAL ANEURYSMS; INFLOW CONDITIONS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEWTONIAN BEHAVIOURS; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; OUTLET BOUNDARY CONDITION; STRONG CORRELATION; WALL SHEAR STRESS;

ASPECT RATIO; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; GEOMETRY; HEMODYNAMICS; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; VISCOSITY;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ANEURYSM VOLUME; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; ASPECT RATIO; ASPECT SIZE; AVERAGE WALL SHEAR STRESS; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CASSON MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MAXIMAL WALL SHEAR STRESS; MEASUREMENT; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY ANEURYSM; NEWTONIAN MODIFIED CROSS MODEL; PARENT VESSEL DIAMETER; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTION OF ANEURYSM SAC AREA WITH LOW WALL SHEAR STRESS; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATION; VISCOSITY MODEL;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CEREBRAL ANEURYSMS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID; WALL SHEAR STRESS;

ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULSATILE FLOW; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SEX FACTORS; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84887410284     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2013.09.004     Document Type: Article

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