Development of non-boundary-fitted Cartesian grid method for numerical simulation of mechanical heart valve and the potential for blood clotting

• Main Author: Zakaria, Mohamad Shukri
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Heart valve prosthesis; Aortic valve - Transplantation; Tissue engineering
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/71429/1/FK%202018%2095%20-%20IR.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/71429/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations are becoming a reliable tool in understanding disease progression, investigating blood flow patterns and evaluating medical device performance such as mechanical heart valves (MHV). Previous studies indicated that the non-physiological flow patter...