Numerical Simulation of Transitional and Turbulent Cardiovascular Flows

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Numerical Simulation of Transitional and Turbulent Cardiovascular Flows

Outline

Turbulence in the Large Blood Vessels

Effect of Pulsatility on Turbulence

Importance of Turbulence in Blood Flow

Turbulence in Constricted Arteries

Arterial Stenosis

Phonoangiography

Phonoangiography

Objectives

Simulation approach?

Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) or Large-Eddy Simulation (LES) ?

LES

Arterial Stenosis Model

Governing Equations

Dynamic Model

Spatial and Temporal Discretization

Grid Topology

Numerical Dissipation and LES

Energy Conservative Scheme

Pulsatile Flow

Simulation Methodology & Resources

Spanwise Averaged ?z

Animation

Reynolds Stresses and SGS Viscosity

Wall Stresses

Velocity probes

Comparison with Experiments of Khalifa & Giddens (1981)

Wall Pressure Fluctuations

Shear Layer Vortex Shedding from Cylinders

A New Approach to Phonoangiography?

What about the Break Frequency?

Animations of all cases

The Quasi-Steady Hypothesis

Steady Inflow Simulations

Turbulence Generation

Steady Inflow Simulations

Steady Inflow Simulations

Steady Inflow Simulations

Summary

Author: Vandana Tandon