BLOOD FLOW IN ARTERIAL SEGMENTS: RIGID VS. DEFORMABLE WALLS SIMULATIONS
K.P.Siogkas, I.A.Sakellarios, P.T.Exarchos, K.Stefanou, I.D.Fotiadis, K.Naka, L.Michalis, N.Filipovic, O.Parodi UDC: (004.922:612.15)
Abstract:
In this work, a comparative study between Fluid Structure Interaction (FSI) simulations and simulations in which the arterial wall is assumed to be rigid on two 3D coronary arterial models is performed to draw some interesting conclusions about the main advantages and disadvantages of the two simulation methods. The obtained results indicate a strong correlation between the two methods regarding the distributed Wall Shear Stress (WSS), the average WSS as well as the areas of low WSS.
