Modelowanie przepływu pulsacyjnego w składanej rurce silikonowej

The paper presents the methodology for verification of Fluid Structure Interaction (FS1) model for silicone pipe reflecting pulsating blood vessel in human body. The 3-term Yeoh model for strain energy density function was used in order to describe nonlinear behavior of siliconc material. To dctcr-:. mine the boundary conditions for CFD simulations our own experimental set-up was designed. A good agreement between simulation and experiment was achieved.W artykule przedstawiono metodę weryfikacji modelu (FSI) dla silikonowej rurki odzwierciedlającej zachowanie pulsującego naczynia krwionośnego z przepływającą wewnątrz krwią. Przy pomocy trój członowego modelu Yeoha funkcji gęstości energii naprężenia rozważono nieliniowe zachowanie materiału silikonowego. Aby uzyskać warunki brzegowe do symulacji CFD przeprowadzono badania na specjalnie do tego celu zbudowanej aparaturze. Otrzymano dobre dopasowanie danych z symulacji do eksperymentu

Numerical investigations of the unsteady blood flow in the end-to-side arteriovenous fistula for hemodialysis

Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the blood flow in the end-to-side arteriovenous (a-v) fistula, taking into account its pulsating nature and the patient-specific geometry of blood vessels. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) methods were used for this analysis. Methods: DICOM images of the fistula, obtained from the angio-computed tomography, were a source of the data applied to develop a 3D geometrical model of the fistula. The model was meshed, then the ANSYS CFX v. 15.0 code was used to perform simulations of the flow in the vessels under analysis. Mesh independence tests were conducted. The non-Newtonian rheological model of blood and the Shear Stress Transport model of turbulence were employed. Blood vessel walls were assumed to be rigid. Results: Flow patterns, velocity fields, the volume flow rate, the wall shear stress (WSS) propagation on particular blood vessel walls were shown versus time. The maximal value of the blood velocity was identified in the anastomosis – the place where the artery is connected to the vein. The flow rate was calculated for all veins receiving blood. Conclusions: The blood flow in the geometrically complicated a-v fistula was simulated. The values and oscillations of the WSS are the largest in the anastomosis, much lower in the artery and the lowest in the cephalic vein. A strong influence of the mesh on the results concerning the maximal and area-averaged WSS was shown. The relation between simulations of the pulsating and stationary flow under time-averaged flow conditions was presented

3D simulations of diamond microfluidic devices

The aim of this study was to optimize the diamond microfluidic device with four microchannels. The temperature distributions in electrophoretic microchips of different geometries and different materials have been analyzed by the Coventor software. Diamond microfluidic devices are very advantageous over glass or polymer microfluidic devices; they dissipate Joule heat much more efficiently because of the highest thermal conductivity coefficient of diamond

Simulations of the blood flow in the arterio-venous fistula for haemodialysis

The Ciminio-Brescia arterio-venous fistula is a preferred vascular access for haemodialysis, but it is often associated with the development of vascular complications, due to changes in hemodynamic conditions. Computational fluid dynamics methods were involved to carry out seven simulations of the blood flow through the fistula for the patient specific (geometrical) case and various boundary conditions. The geometrical data, obtained from the angio-computed tomography, were used to create a 3-dimensional CAD model of the fistula. The blood flow patterns, blood velocity and the wall shear stress, thought to play a key role in the development of typical complications (stenoses, thromboses, aneurysms, etc.), have been analyzed in this study. The blood flow is reversed locally downstream the anastomosis (where the artery is connected to the vein) and downstream the stenosis in the cannulated vein. Blood velocity reaches abnormal value in the anastomosis during the systolic phase of the cardiac cycle (2.66 m/s). The wall shear stress changes in this place during a single cycle of the heart operation from 27.9 to 71.3 Pa (average 41.5 Pa). The results are compared with data found in the literature

Angular position determination of heart valves in the pediatric ventricular assist device with use of computational fluid dynamics

This study shows a method than can be used to determine the best angular position of heart valves installed at the inlet and the outlet of a blood chamber during the diastolic phase with use of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). Steady state simulations of the blood flow through the blood chamber of Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device (PVAD) have been performed with ANSYS CFX 14.0. Main assumptions in the present paper have included: motionless discs, rigid walls, non-Newtonian model of blood. The obtained results show that areas of blood stagnation in the blood chamber are smallest for one particular angular position of the inlet valve and are not significantly dependent on the angular position of the outlet valve

Radial fan controlled with impeller movable blades – CFD investigations

Modern classical power generation systems, based on power plants in Poland, where coal (hard bituminous coal or lignite) is the primary energy source, operate under variable loading conditions. Thus, all machines working in the technological system of the power generation unit are required to be adapted to variable loading, and, consequently, to operate beyond the design point of their performance characteristics. High efficiency of the process requires the efficiency of individual devices to be high, beyond the design point, as well. For both air and exhaust gases fans, an effective control system is needed to attain a high level of efficiency. As a result of cooperation between two institutes from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Lodz University of Technology, and the Vibroson company, a new design of the radial fan with impeller movable blades, which allows for controlling the device operation within a wide range, has been developed. This new design and determination the performance characteristics for two geometrical variants of blades with computational fluid dynamics methods are presented. The obtained results have been compared to the results of the measurements of fan performance curves conducted on the test stand