A fast approach to estimating Windkessel model parameters for patient-specific multi-scale CFD simulations of aortic flow

DOI10.1016/J.COMPFLUID.2023.105894MaRDI QIDQ6102449zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Zongze Li, Wenbin Mao

Publication date 23 June 2023

Published in Computers and Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.05867

zbMATH Keywords

lattice Boltzmann methodcomputational fluid dynamicsflow resistanceWindkessel modelaortic flow

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Probabilistic methods, particle methods, etc. for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M75) Physiological flows (76Z05)

Abstract: Hemodynamics in the aorta from computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations can provide a comprehensive analysis of relevant cardiovascular diseases. Coupling the three-element Windkessel model with the patient-specific CFD simulation to form a multi-scale model is a trending approach to capture more realistic flow fields. However, a set of parameters (e.g., R_c, R_p, and C) for the Windkessel model need to be tuned case by case to reflect patient-specific flow conditions. In this study, we propose a fast approach to estimating these parameters under both physiological and pathological conditions. The approach consists of the following steps: (1) finding geometric resistances for each branch using a steady CFD simulation; (2) using the pattern search algorithm to search the parameter spaces by solving the flow circuit system with the consideration of geometric resistances; (3) performing the multi-scale modeling of aortic flow with the optimized Windkessel model parameters. The method was validated through a series of numerical experiments to show its flexibility and robustness, including physiological and pathological flow distributions at each downstream branch from a healthy aortic geometry or a stenosed geometry. This study demonstrates a flexible and computationally efficient way to capture patient-specific hemodynamics in the aorta, facilitating the personalized biomechanical analysis of aortic flow.

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