Numerical treatment of boundary conditions to replace lateral branches in haemodynamics

Keywords

Advanced Numerical Methods for Scientific Computing
Computational Medicine for the Cardiocirculatory System
Code:
38/2011
Title:
Numerical treatment of boundary conditions to replace lateral branches in haemodynamics
Date:
Monday 14th November 2011
Author(s):
Porpora A., Zunino P., Vergara C., Piccinelli M.
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Abstract:
In this paper, we discuss a technique for weakly enforcing ow rate conditions in computational hemodynamics. In particular, we study the e ectiveness of cutting lateral branches from the computational domain and replacing them with non perturbing boundary conditions, in order to simplify the geometrical reconstruction and the numerical simulation. All these features are investigated both in the case of a rigid and of a compliant wall. Several numerical results are presented in order to discuss the reliability of the proposed method.