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Comput Methods Biomech Biomed Engin ; 24(6): 623-636, 2021 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33225743

ABSTRACT

Atherosclerosis is a progressive disease that can significantly reduce blood supply to vital organs, being one of the main causes of death worldwide. In this work, a numerical and experimental study in 3D printed stenotic coronary arteries, considering both steady and pulsatile blood flow conditions, is presented. The results revealed that a degree of stenosis superior to 50% creates disturbed flows downstream of the contraction, with an accented increase in the wall shear stress measurements at the stenosis throat. Finally, the multiphase mixture was investigated and compared with a single-phase modelling, and only slight differences were observed right after the stenosis throat.


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Computer Simulation , Coronary Stenosis/physiopathology , Coronary Vessels/physiopathology , Hemodynamics/physiology , Models, Cardiovascular , Printing, Three-Dimensional , Blood Flow Velocity/physiology , Humans , Numerical Analysis, Computer-Assisted
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Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21491261

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Asthma is a widespread disease, affecting more than 300 million individuals. The treatment in children is based upon an administration of a pressurised metered-dose inhaler added with a spacer. The efficiency of drug delivery to the patient is strongly affected by the transient airflow pattern inside the spacer device. This paper presents a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis of airflow inside a commercially available spacer device with wide application. This study, carried out in Fluent™, was the basis of an optimisation procedure developed to improve the geometry of the spacer and develop a more efficient product. The results show that an appropriate control of the boundary layer development, by changing the spacer shape, reduces the length of the recirculation zones and improves the flow. It can be concluded that CFD is a powerful technique that can be successfully applied to optimise the geometry of such medical devices.


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Anti-Asthmatic Agents/administration & dosage , Anti-Asthmatic Agents/chemistry , Computer-Aided Design , Inhalation Spacers , Models, Chemical , Rheology/instrumentation , Rheology/methods , Computer Simulation , Equipment Design , Equipment Failure Analysis
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