Fluid Dynamic Characteristics of Systolic Blood Flow of the Left Ventricle

• Main Authors: Hung, Tin-Kan, Khalafvand, Seyed Saeid, Ng, Eddie Yin-Kwee
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Blood flow; cardiac pumping; left ventricle; aortic valve; pressure drop; energy transfer
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/81471; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40788
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Ejection of blood from the left ventricle to the aorta is studied using two-dimensional Navier–Stokes equations, the work-energy equation and the magnetic resonance imaging of a normal ventricular motion. Vortex shedding in the sinuses of Valsalva is dominated by the aortic jet, flow acceleration an...