Abstract
The flow field inside the berlin ventricle assist device (VAD) was studied. A 3D numerical model was constructed to simulate the VAD pump and a time-depended computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis with moving walls was performed to predict the flow behavior in the VAD during the cardiac cycle. The CFD results provided a detailed 3D and time dependent description of the flow field, allowing the identification of stagnation or high shear stress regions.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 557-558 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Bioengineering Division (Publication) BED |
| Volume | 50 |
| State | Published - 2001 |
| Event | Proceedings of the 2001 Bioengineering Conference - Snowbird, UT, United States Duration: 27 Jun 2001 → 1 Jul 2001 |