Title :
A Computational Model of Ferrofluid Flow using Maxwell´s Equations and Navier-Stokes Equations
Author :
Lohakan, M. ; Yensiri, C. ; Boonsang, S. ; Pintavirooj, C.
Author_Institution :
King Mongkut´´s Inst. of Technol. Ladkrabang, Bangkok
Abstract :
The ferrofluid is a biocompatible magnetic nanocarrier, which play an important role as drug carrier in the human body to treat the tumor or cancer. The various types of cancerous cells have been studied from the mathematical point of view. Based on Maxwell´s equations and Navier-Stokes equations, a finite element method of a two-dimensional computational model of magnetic fluid flow is purposed. The time-dependent finite element method is used to examine the velocity field of ferrofluids in blood vessel. To reduce side effect of global drug therapy, the results of simulation show that the ferrofluids can be focused in interested area efficiently.
Keywords :
Maxwell equations; Navier-Stokes equations; blood vessels; cancer; computational fluid dynamics; drug delivery systems; finite element analysis; magnetic fluids; nanostructured materials; partial differential equations; patient treatment; physiological models; tumours; Maxwell´s equations; Navier-Stokes equations; biocompatible magnetic nanocarrier; blood vessel; cancer treatment; cancerous cells; computational ferrofluid flow model; drug carrier; ferrofluid velocity field; global drug therapy; magnetic fluid flow; time-dependent finite element method; tumor treatment;
Conference_Titel :
Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Engineering, 2006. ICBPE 2006. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-981-05-79
Electronic_ISBN :
81-904262-1-4
