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- Title
A novel porous media-based approach to outflow boundary resistances of 1D arterial blood flow models.
- Authors
Coccarelli, Alberto; Prakash, Arul; Nithiarasu, Perumal
- Abstract
In this paper we introduce a novel method for prescribing terminal boundary conditions in one-dimensional arterial flow networks. This is carried out by coupling the terminal arterial vessel with a poro-elastic tube, representing the flow resistance offered by microcirculation. The performance of the proposed porous media-based model has been investigated through several different numerical examples. First, we investigate model parameters that have a profound influence on the flow and pressure distributions of the system. The simulation results have been compared against the waveforms generated by three elements (RCR) Windkessel model. The proposed model is also integrated into a realistic arterial tree, and the results obtained have been compared against experimental data at different locations of the network. The accuracy and simplicity of the proposed model demonstrates that it can be an excellent alternative for the existing models.
- Subjects
VASCULAR resistance; ONE-dimensional flow; BLOOD flow; MICROCIRCULATION
- Publication
Biomechanics & Modeling in Mechanobiology, 2019, Vol 18, Issue 4, p939
- ISSN
1617-7959
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10237-019-01122-8