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Numerical Study of Blood Flow Pressure Drop in Aorta Coronary Sinus Conduit

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Numerical studies of the blood flow system of aorta coronary sinus conduit were carried out using ANSYS™ CFD simulation. The pressure inside the conduit was investigated to ensure a pressure drop from 80 to 15 mmHg. It was aimed to model a coronary sinus conduit in three-dimension using ANSYS™ CFD. The simulation involved pre-modeling, modeling and simulation stages where the model will undergo each section of program in ANSYS™ CFD such as design modeler, meshing, pre-processing, solver and post-processing. From the analysis of coronary sinus conduit, it is found that a narrow tube needs to be incorporated into the conduit produce. This is to induce a venturi effect to reduce the pressure of blood from 80 to 15 mmHg within a specific throat length. A model of 3 mm inlet and throat diameter of 1.13 mm throat diameter show the best result for pressure reduction from 80 to 15 mmHg. The model gives a uniform pressure drop along the throat section of the conduit.

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Abbreviations

Symbol:

Definition (unit)

\( \dot{\gamma } \) :

Strain rate (s−1)

\( \ell \) :

Length of tube (m)

D:

Diameter (m)

Dm :

Major diameter (m)

Dn :

Minor diameter (m)

K:

Consistency index (Dimensionless)

L:

Length (m)

m:

Plane number (Dimensionless)

n:

Power law index (Dimensionless)

N:

Number of part of the tube (Dimensionless)

P1 :

Pressure at point 1 (Pa)

P2 :

Pressure at point 2 (Pa)

Q:

Volumetric flow rate (m3/s)

Re:

Reynolds Number (Dimensionless)

T:

Temperature (K)

To :

Reference temperature (K)

V:

Velocity (m/s)

α:

Angle of bending in radian (rad)

λ:

Friction coefficient (Dimensionless)

μ:

Viscosity (Pa s)

ρ:

Density (kg/m3)

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First and foremost, I would like to express my deepest gratitude, appreciation and support to all the research team members. This research has been filed for patent by Innovation & Commercialisation Center of Universiti Putra Malaysia on 16 November 2009. The application number is PI20097028.

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    Siti Aslina Hussain, Tan Hong Tat, Norhafizah Abdullah & Azni Idris

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  1. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Applied Mechanics, Technical University of Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia

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Hussain, S.A., Tat, T.H., Hamid, M.I.A., Abdullah, N., Idris, A. (2012). Numerical Study of Blood Flow Pressure Drop in Aorta Coronary Sinus Conduit. In: Öchsner, A., da Silva, L., Altenbach, H. (eds) Analysis and Design of Biological Materials and Structures. Advanced Structured Materials, vol 14. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22131-6_11

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