Abstract
This study focuses on the behavior of the blood flow in the human carotid artery bifurcation, such as blood velocity and pressure. This provides a deeper insight into how blood flow impacts the development of the common arterial disease, atherosclerosis. The blood flow is modeled by the continuity and Navier-Stokes equations. With the assumption that blood is Newtonian fluid, the Carreau model is applied. The commercial computational fluid dynamic code called FLUENT performs the simulations in this study. The arterial bifurcation geometries are examined and analyzed in both twodimensional and three-dimensional systems. Finally, the comparison between the dimensions is expected to give compatible results in both velocity and pressure profiles.
Faculty Sponsors
Dr. Iuliana Stanculescu
Project Type
Event
Location
Alvin Sherman Library
Start Date
4-8-2016 1:00 PM
End Date
4-8-2016 5:30 PM
Blood Flow Modeling in the Human Carotid Artery Bifurcation
Alvin Sherman Library
This study focuses on the behavior of the blood flow in the human carotid artery bifurcation, such as blood velocity and pressure. This provides a deeper insight into how blood flow impacts the development of the common arterial disease, atherosclerosis. The blood flow is modeled by the continuity and Navier-Stokes equations. With the assumption that blood is Newtonian fluid, the Carreau model is applied. The commercial computational fluid dynamic code called FLUENT performs the simulations in this study. The arterial bifurcation geometries are examined and analyzed in both twodimensional and three-dimensional systems. Finally, the comparison between the dimensions is expected to give compatible results in both velocity and pressure profiles.
