The unsteady power law blood flow through a multiirregular stenosed artery

A non-Newtonian pulsatile model of blood flow through multiple stenoses with irregular surfaces is considered. The model chosen is the generalized power law model of blood viscocity where the flow is assumed to be unsteady, laminar, two dimensional and axisymmetric. The governing equations of motion...

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Main Authors: Mustapha, Norzieha, Amin, Norsarahaida
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Language:English
Published: Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science 2008
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Amin, Norsarahaida
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description A non-Newtonian pulsatile model of blood flow through multiple stenoses with irregular surfaces is considered. The model chosen is the generalized power law model of blood viscocity where the flow is assumed to be unsteady, laminar, two dimensional and axisymmetric. The governing equations of motion in terms of the viscous shear stress and the boundary conditions in the cylindrical coordinate system are first transformed using a radial coordinate transformation before they are discretized using a finite difference scheme based on central difference approximations on non-uniform grids. The numerical results obtained in terms of blood flow characterictics show that the values of the axial velocity and flow rate in the power-law model are lower while the resistance to flow and the wall shear stress are higher compared to the Newtonian model. These features concur with the general observations of blood flowing through small stenosed arteries.
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spelling utm-84992017-02-21T07:18:59Z http://eprints.utm.my/8499/ The unsteady power law blood flow through a multiirregular stenosed artery Mustapha, Norzieha Amin, Norsarahaida QA Mathematics QH301 Biology A non-Newtonian pulsatile model of blood flow through multiple stenoses with irregular surfaces is considered. The model chosen is the generalized power law model of blood viscocity where the flow is assumed to be unsteady, laminar, two dimensional and axisymmetric. The governing equations of motion in terms of the viscous shear stress and the boundary conditions in the cylindrical coordinate system are first transformed using a radial coordinate transformation before they are discretized using a finite difference scheme based on central difference approximations on non-uniform grids. The numerical results obtained in terms of blood flow characterictics show that the values of the axial velocity and flow rate in the power-law model are lower while the resistance to flow and the wall shear stress are higher compared to the Newtonian model. These features concur with the general observations of blood flowing through small stenosed arteries. Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science 2008 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/8499/1/NMustapha2008-The_Unsteady_Power_Law_Blood.pdf Mustapha, Norzieha and Amin, Norsarahaida (2008) The unsteady power law blood flow through a multiirregular stenosed artery. Matematika, 24 (2). pp. 189-200. ISSN 0127-8274 http://portal.psz.utm.my/psz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=128&Itemid=305&PHPSESSID=81b664e998055f65b4ccff8f61bf7cb2
spellingShingle QA Mathematics
QH301 Biology
Mustapha, Norzieha
Amin, Norsarahaida
The unsteady power law blood flow through a multiirregular stenosed artery
title The unsteady power law blood flow through a multiirregular stenosed artery
title_full The unsteady power law blood flow through a multiirregular stenosed artery
title_fullStr The unsteady power law blood flow through a multiirregular stenosed artery
title_full_unstemmed The unsteady power law blood flow through a multiirregular stenosed artery
title_short The unsteady power law blood flow through a multiirregular stenosed artery
title_sort unsteady power law blood flow through a multiirregular stenosed artery
topic QA Mathematics
QH301 Biology
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