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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Pulsatile blood flow in the arteries
Abstract
dc:description.abstractThe present study develops the unsteady, nonlinear, two-dimensional partial differential equations for pulsatile flow in a flexible tube. The fluid is assumed to be a Newtonian, incompressible liquid similar to blood. The vessel is modeled as circular in cross section and tapering with increasing distance from the heart. The governing equations are solved numerically using a finite difference form of the Navier-Stokes equations and the Alternating Direction Implicit method. The purpose of this study is to solve a simplified version of the general equations in order to demonstrate the feasibility of solving this type of system numerically
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Science
- Level thesis:degree_level
- masters
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Engineering Mechanics
- Department dc:contributor.department
- Engineering Mechanics
- Grantor dc:publisher
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Year dc:date.issued
- 1972
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Bennett, Gloria A.
Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- In Copyright
- Licence dc:rights.uri
- Language dc:language.iso
- en
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Handle dc:identifier.uri
- http://hdl.handle.net/10919/65020
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/65020