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Computational vascular fluid–structure interaction: methodology and application to cerebral aneurysms
Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology (2010)
  • Y. Bazilevs, University of California, San Diego
  • Ming-Chen Hsu, University of California, San Diego
  • Y. Zhang, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Z. Wang, Carnegie Mellon University
  • T. Kvamsdal
  • S. Hentschel
  • J. G. Isaksen
Abstract

A computational vascular fluid–structure interaction framework for the simulation of patient-specific cerebral aneurysm configurations is presented. A new approach for the computation of the blood vessel tissue prestress is also described. Simulations of four patient-specific models are carried out, and quantities of hemodynamic interest such as wall shear stress and wall tension are studied to examine the relevance of fluid–structure interaction modeling when compared to the rigid arterial wall assumption. We demonstrate that flexible wall modeling plays an important role in accurate prediction of patient-specific hemodynamics. Discussion of the clinical relevance of our methods and results is provided.

Keywords
  • cerebral aneurysms,
  • fluid-structure intereaction,
  • arterial wall tissue modeling,
  • Incompressible Navier-Stokes equations,
  • Boundary layer meshing,
  • wall shear stress,
  • wall tension,
  • tissue prestress
Publication Date
August, 2010
Publisher Statement
This is a manuscript of an article from Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology 9, (2010): 481, doi: 10.1007/s10237-010-0189-7. Posted with permission. The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10237-010-0189-7.
Citation Information
Y. Bazilevs, Ming-Chen Hsu, Y. Zhang, Z. Wang, et al.. "Computational vascular fluid–structure interaction: methodology and application to cerebral aneurysms" Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology Vol. 9 Iss. 4 (2010)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/ming-chen_hsu/15/