Title :
Unsteady flow in a 3-D collapsible tube with uniform wall thickness
Author :
Seong, H.C. ; Shim, E.B. ; Kaazemput-Mofrad, M.R. ; Kamm, R.D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Kumoh Nat. Univ. of Tech, South Korea
Abstract :
Most fluid carrying vessels (veins, arteries, pulmonary circulation and airways, etc.) in the body are elastic and can collapse when the transmural pressure falls below a critical value. A computational model is presented of a 3-D compliant tube using a fully coupled fluid-structure interaction approach, solving full Navier-Stokes equations for the analysis of fluid flow in a tube. The wall is modeled as solid wall having finite thickness.
Keywords :
Navier-Stokes equations; blood vessels; computational fluid dynamics; flow instability; haemodynamics; physiological models; pipe flow; pneumodynamics; 3D collapsible tube; 3D compliant tube; airways; arteries; blood vessels; computational model; finite thickness; fluid carrying vessels; full Navier-Stokes equations; fully coupled fluid-structure interaction; pulmonary circulation; solid wall; transmural pressure; uniform wall thickness; unsteady flow; veins; Biological materials; Biological system modeling; Biology computing; Computational modeling; Coupled mode analysis; Fluid flow; Geometry; Mechanical engineering; Navier-Stokes equations; Solid modeling;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2002. 24th Annual Conference and the Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society EMBS/BMES Conference, 2002. Proceedings of the Second Joint
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7612-9
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2002.1106494
