The effect of Dean, Reynolds and Womersley numbers on the flow in a spherical cavity on a curved round pipe. Part 1. Fluid mechanics in the cavity as a canonical flow representing intracranial aneurysms
Fanette Chassagne, Michael C. Barbour, Venkat Keshav Chivukula, Nathanaël Machicoane, Louis J. Kim, Michael R. Levitt, Alberto Aliseda
Abstract
in the freestream. The circulation in the cavity was higher for steady inflow than for the equivalent average Reynolds and Dean number pulsatile inflow, with very limited impact of the Womersley in the range studied.
Topics & Concepts
Reynolds numberMechanicsPulsatile flowCurvaturePipe flowInflowPlug flowPhysicsFlow (mathematics)VortexHele-Shaw flowFreestreamMaterials scienceGeometryTurbulenceMathematicsMedicineCardiologyIntracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and ComplicationsVascular Malformations Diagnosis and TreatmentCerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus