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A METHOD OF CHARACTERISTICS FOR ONE-DIMENSIONAL FLUID FLOW IN VISCOELASTIC TUBES

izvorni znanstveni rad

izvorni znanstveni rad

A METHOD OF CHARACTERISTICS FOR ONE-DIMENSIONAL FLUID FLOW IN VISCOELASTIC TUBES

Vrsta prilog sa skupa (u zborniku)
Tip izvorni znanstveni rad
Godina 2012
Nadređena publikacija 7th International Congress of Croatian Society of Mechanics, Book of Abstracts
Stranice str. 49-50
Status objavljeno

Sažetak

The blood flow in the human arterial tree, may be considered as one-dimensional flow in a network of visco-elastic blood vessels. An one-dimensional model is a good compromise between lumped and three-dimensional models. In case of an elastic vessel wall, the governing equations are of hyperbolic type, and can be solved by the method of characteristics. In case of a viscoelastic wall, equations are of elliptic type due to the term describing wall viscosity. Here we extend the method of characteristics to the case of a viscoelastic wall, with the wall viscosity term treated explicitly, through the source term. The developed method is stable and efficient as in a case of elastic model. The developed method of characteristics for a viscoelastic tube is physically clear and efficient as in the case of an elastic tube. For its application to the arterial tree it should be extended from a tube to the tree structure and it should be taken into account that the compliance depends on the pressure.

Ključne riječi

blood flow; human arterial tree; one-dimensional flow; viscoelastic; blood vessels; method of characteristics