Computational Study of Hemodynamic Field of an Occluded Artery Model with Anastomosis
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Model Geometry
2.2. Governing Equations
2.3. Numerical Model
2.4. Grid Sensitivity Analysis
2.5. Boundary Conditions
3. Results
3.1. Qualitative Comparison of Flow Models
3.2. Velocity Field in the Artery Anastomosis Region
3.3. Cross Sectional Velocity Distribution
3.4. Wall Shear Stresses (WSS)
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Grids | Number of Elements | Number of Nodes |
---|---|---|
Grid 1 | 7.65·105 | 4.28·105 |
Grid 2 | 1.15·106 | 5.81·105 |
Grid 3 | 2.45·106 | 1.23·106 |
Grid 4 | 3.17·106 | 1.63·106 |
Cases | Flow Rate Proportion | Calculation Positions | Velocity (m/s) | Re |
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | 47% | A | 0.063 | 482 |
53% | B | 0.072 | 544 | |
47% | C | 0.254 | 964 | |
100% | D | 0.135 | 1026 | |
2nd | 30% | A | 0.041 | 308 |
70% | B | 0.095 | 718 | |
30% | C | 0.162 | 616 | |
100% | D | 0.135 | 1026 | |
3rd | 15% | A | 0.02 | 154 |
85% | B | 0.115 | 872 | |
15% | C | 0.081 | 308 | |
100% | D | 0.135 | 1026 | |
4th | 0% | A | 0 | 0 |
100% | B | 0.135 | 1026 | |
0% | C | 0 | 0 | |
100% | D | 0.135 | 1026 |
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Parissis, P.; Romeos, A.; Giannadakis, A.; Kalarakis, A.; Peroulis, M. Computational Study of Hemodynamic Field of an Occluded Artery Model with Anastomosis. Bioengineering 2023, 10, 146. https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering10020146
Parissis P, Romeos A, Giannadakis A, Kalarakis A, Peroulis M. Computational Study of Hemodynamic Field of an Occluded Artery Model with Anastomosis. Bioengineering. 2023; 10(2):146. https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering10020146
Chicago/Turabian StyleParissis, Panagiotis, Alexandros Romeos, Athanasios Giannadakis, Alexandros Kalarakis, and Michail Peroulis. 2023. "Computational Study of Hemodynamic Field of an Occluded Artery Model with Anastomosis" Bioengineering 10, no. 2: 146. https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering10020146