Numerical Study of 3D Unsteady Flow in a Blood Sac of TPLS: Effect of Actuator Speed

TPLS 혈액주머니 내의 3차원 비정상유동에 대한 수치해석 연구: 액추에이터 속도의 영향

  • Published : 2003.08.01

Abstract

This paper reports the numerical results for blood flow of the sac squeezed by moving actuator in the TPLS(Twin Pulse Life Support System). Blood flow in the sac is assumed to be 3-dimensional unsteady newtonian fluid. where the blood flow interacts with the sac, which is activated by the moving actuator. The flow field is simulated numerically by using the FEM code, ADINA. It is well known that hemolysis is closely related to shear stress acted on blood flow. According to this fact, we simulate four models with different speed for moving actuator and examine the distribution of shear stress for each model. Numerical results show that maximum shear stress is strongly dependent on the actuator speed.

Keywords