Blood Analog Fluid Flow in Vessels with Stenosis: Development of an OpenFOAM Code to Simulate Pulsatile Flow and Elasticity of the Fluid

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2013

Autores

S.I.S. Pinto (Autor) FEUP; E. Doutel (Autor) FEUP; J.B.L.M. Campos (Autor) FEUP; J.M. Miranda (Autor) FEUP

Revista

Título: APCBEE Procedia

Vol. 7

Páginas: 73-79

Indexação

ISI Proceedings

ISI Web of Knowledge - 4 Citações

Classificação Científica

FOS: Ciências da engenharia e tecnologias > Outras ciências da engenharia e tecnologias

CORDIS: Ciências Tecnológicas > Engenharia > Engenharia biomédica

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: P-00A-18K

DOI: 10.1016/j.apcbee.2013.08.015

Abstract (EN): The present work reports a numerical study of the flow of a blood analog fluid in vessels with a stenosis using OpenFOAM code. The CFD package OpenFOAM was selected to perform the numerical study because it is an open software package that can be freely modified. Pulsatile flow and elasticity of a blood analog fluid were considered and implemented in a numerical code. Velocity profiles were obtained for an artery with a stenosis, considering constant inlet velocity and elasticity of blood analog fluid. The profiles obtained through OpenFOAM are in agreement with those obtained through the analytical solution. Velocity profiles were also obtained for a bifurcation with a stenosis, considering pulsatile flow and shear-thinning of the fluid. The profiles obtained through OpenFOAM are in agreement with those obtained by ANSYS.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica