Numerical study of turbulent pulsatile blood flow through stenosed artery using fluid-solid interaction (Q278099)

Summary: The turbulent pulsatile blood flow through stenosed arteries considering the elastic property of the wall is investigated numerically. During the numerical model validation both standard \(k\)-\(\epsilon\) model and RNG \(K\)-\(\epsilon\) model are used. Compared with the RNG \(K\)-\(\epsilon\) model, the standard \(K\)-\(\epsilon\) model shows better agreement with previous experimental results and is better able to show the reverse flow region. Also, compared with experimental data, the results show that, up to 70\% stenosis, the flow is laminar and for 80\% stenosis the flow becomes turbulent. Assuming laminar or turbulent flow and also rigid or elastic walls, the results are compared with each other. The investigation of time-averaged shear stress and the oscillatory shear index for 80\% stenosis show that assuming laminar flow will cause more error than assuming a rigid wall. The results also show that, in turbulent flow compared with laminar flow, the importance of assuming a flexible artery wall is more than assuming a rigid artery wall.