Cfd-based design optimization of the outlet stator of a rotodynamic cardiac assist device

7th AIAA/USAF/NASA/ISSMO Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages 818-824

  Burgreen, Greg W ^a,b   Antaki, James F ^a,b   Butler, Kenneth C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Nimbus Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; AXIAL FLOW; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FLOW SEPARATION; HOUSING; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES; STATORS;

CARDIAC ASSIST; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS ANALYSIS; DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; OPERATING CONDITION; PRESSURE RECOVERY; SURFACE WASHING; THROAT SECTION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84983165336     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1998-4808     Document Type: Conference Paper

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