Fluid-Structure Interaction in Biological Media / FSI
Saeid Siri; Malikeh Nabaei; Nasser Fatouraee
Volume 9, Issue 3 , December 2015, , Pages 229-241
Abstract
Every organ has its own metabolic and functional requirements and needs a variable amount of blood; hence, autoregulation is an important phenomenon. Shear stress induced autoregulation is defined as the innate ability of an organ to keep its hemodynamic conditions stable against changes in heart rate ...
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Every organ has its own metabolic and functional requirements and needs a variable amount of blood; hence, autoregulation is an important phenomenon. Shear stress induced autoregulation is defined as the innate ability of an organ to keep its hemodynamic conditions stable against changes in heart rate and perfusion pressure. For example, when heart rate changes arterial vessels undergo vasodilation or vasoconstriction in order to stabilize the hemodynamic forces and stresses with respect to the flow needed. The current study examines the local mechanisms employed in automatic control. Local regulatory mechanisms function independently of external control mechanisms, such as sympathetic nerves and endocrine hormones. Therefore, they can be considered isolated mechanisms. The application of boundary conditions in numerical modeling is of utmost importance, hence, using arterial tree modeling to achieve appropriate boundary conditions seems necessary. Thus, we have presented a zero-dimensional (lumped parameter) extensive model first. Then, we used this model to achieve boundary conditions for the common carotid artery. As one of the most important hemodynamic parameters, shear stress regulation will then be modeled in an axisymmetric model of this artery.
Fluid-Structure Interaction in Biological Media / FSI
Afsane Mojra; Mohammad Tafazzoli Shadpour; Ehsan Yakhshi Tafti
Volume 2, Issue 1 , June 2008, , Pages 9-20
Abstract
Arterial stenosis and the consequent cardiovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis remain the major cause of mortality in the world. In this study, blood flow was analyzed in a three-dimensional model of stenosed carotid artery with asymmetric stenosis utilizing fluid-structure interaction method. ...
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Arterial stenosis and the consequent cardiovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis remain the major cause of mortality in the world. In this study, blood flow was analyzed in a three-dimensional model of stenosed carotid artery with asymmetric stenosis utilizing fluid-structure interaction method. The modeling was performed by ANSYS finite element software. To overcome the software inconsistency in FSI mode, a new code was designed in ANSYS multi-physics environment for coupling of solid and fluid domains via incremental boundary iteration method. The results indicated a considerable variation of local blood pressure, velocity and shear stress in stenosed artery, high pressure drop along stenosis, compressive stress and larger flow separation zone in the post-stenotic region as the result of increased eccentricity of stenosis. The results might be applied in evaluation of plaque severity, progression of disease, plaque growth and vulnerable regions of plaque to fracture.
