標題: Pulsatile flows and wall-shear stresses in models simulating normal and stenosed aortic arches
作者: Huang, Rong Fung
Yang, Ten-Fang
Lan, Y. -K.
生物科技學系
Department of Biological Science and Technology
公開日期: 1-三月-2010
摘要: Pulsatile aqueous glycerol solution flows in the models simulating normal and stenosed human aortic arches are measured by means of particle image velocimetry. Three transparent models were used: normal, 25% stenosed, and 50% stenosed aortic arches. The Womersley parameter, Dean number, and time-averaged Reynolds number are 17.31, 725, and 1,081, respectively. The Reynolds numbers based on the peak velocities of the normal, 25% stenosed, and 50% stenosed aortic arches are 2,484, 3,456, and 3,931, respectively. The study presents the temporal/spatial evolution processes of the flow pattern, velocity distribution, and wall-shear stress during the systolic and diastolic phases. It is found that the flow pattern evolving in the central plane of normal and stenosed aortic arches exhibits (1) a separation bubble around the inner arch, (2) a recirculation vortex around the outer arch wall upstream of the junction of the brachiocephalic artery, (3) an accelerated main stream around the outer arch wall near the junctions of the left carotid and the left subclavian arteries, and (4) the vortices around the entrances of the three main branches. The study identifies and discusses the reasons for the flow physics' contribution to the formation of these features. The oscillating wall-shear stress distributions are closely related to the featured flow structures. On the outer wall of normal and slightly stenosed aortas, large wall-shear stresses appear in the regions upstream of the junction of the brachiocephalic artery as well as the corner near the junctions of the left carotid artery and the left subclavian artery. On the inner wall, the largest wall-shear stress appears in the region where the boundary layer separates.
URI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00348-009-0754-y
http://hdl.handle.net/11536/5806
ISSN: 0723-4864
DOI: 10.1007/s00348-009-0754-y
期刊: EXPERIMENTS IN FLUIDS
Volume: 48
Issue: 3
起始頁: 497
結束頁: 508
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