DEVELOPMIN OF A MODIFIED $k-{\varepsilon}$ TURBULENCE MODEL FOR VISCO-ELASTIC FLUID AND ITS APPLICATION TO HEMODYNAMICS

점탄성 유체의 난류 해석을 위한 수정된 $k-{\varepsilon}$ 난류모델 개발 및 혈류역학에의 적용

  • Published : 2010.05.13

Abstract

This article described that a high Reynolds number version of a turbulence model was modified by using drag reduction to analyze the turbulent flows of non-Newtonian fluid with visco-elastic viscosity and it was applied hemodynamics which was representative of visco-elastic fluid. The turbulence characteristics of visco-elastic fluid was expanded viscous sublayer region and buffer layer region by drag reduction phenomenon and also Newtonian turbulence models does not predict because viscosity was related with shear rate of fluid flow. Hence numerical simulation using a modified turbulence model was conducted under the same conditions that were applied to obtain the experiment results and previous turbulence models and then the numerical investigation of turbulent blood flow in the stenosed artery bifurcation under periodic acceleration of the human body.

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