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Simulation of three-dimensional pulsatile flow through an asymmetric stenosis

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The main objective of this work was to use desktop workstations to evaluate the computer code HEMO as a tool for predicting coronary blood flows. The flows are usually characterised by complex vortical structures and transitional effects, and as such present challenging computational problems. As the results of the computations shown in the paper demonstrate, we can predict realistic pulsatile flows in constricted tubes using the Sun Sparcstation 1+ in a matter of hours. The results shown in the paper have also demonstrated that the computer simulations can be very useful as a complementary tool for experimental investigations.

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  1. Daat Research Corp., 17 Montview Drive, 03755-4911, Hanover, NH, USA

    A. S. Dvinsky

  2. Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St., 02115, Boston, MA, USA

    A. S. Dvinsky

  3. Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, 215 Huron Street, M55 1A1, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    M. Ojha

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Dvinsky, A.S., Ojha, M. Simulation of three-dimensional pulsatile flow through an asymmetric stenosis. Med. Biol. Eng. Comput. 32, 138–142 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02518910

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