Hydrodynamic stability of locally expanded tube flows

• Main Author: Yip, Teck Hong.
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Production Engineering
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Fluid mechanics
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/5492
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Locally expanded tubes are basically straight tubes with a bulge. Flow in locally expanded tubes were investigated experimentally to provide insights to blood flow phenomena inside the Abdominal Aortic Aneurrysm. These flow phenomena are strictly applicable to expanded rigid tubes only.