Forced convection heat transfer within a moderately-stenosed, patient-specific carotid bifurcation

• Published in: International journal of numerical methods for heat & fluid flow Vol. 22; no. 8; pp. 1120 - 1134
• Main Authors: Bevan, Rhodri L.T, Lewis, Roland W, Nithiarasu, Perumal
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Emerald Group Publishing Limited 01.01.2012
• Subjects: Bifurcations; Forced convection; Heat transfer; Mathematical models; Navier-Stokes equations; Numerical analysis; Temperature gradient; Wall shear stresses; Forced convection; Patient-specific; Carotid artery; Convection; Heat transfer; Finite element; Blood flow

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to numerically model forced convection heat transfer within a patient-specific carotid bifurcation and to examine the relationship between the temperature and wall shear stress.Design methodology approach - The procedure employs a parallel, fully explicit (matr...