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Pulsatile flow in curved elastic tubes
thesis
posted on 2018-02-26, 11:13 authored by John AscoughWall shear stresses are thought to have an influence on the formation of deposits of
blood fats on the linings of the arteries, in atherosclerosis. Measuring velocities
close to an artery wall to determine wall shears is difficult in view of the thinness of
the boundary layer. Analytical solutions are limited to simple geometries and
numerical analyses of three-dimensional, unsteady blood flows are expensive in
terms of computational time. In the present study, finite element analyses of blood
flow in models representative of the human aorta are based on two-dimensional
sections in order to reduce the computational requirement. [Continues.]
History
School
- Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
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© John AscoughPublisher statement
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1996Notes
A doctoral thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy at Loughborough University.Language
- en