Analysis of non-linear pulsatile blood flow in arteries

Some aspects of the problem of computation of non-linear pulsatile blood flow in large arteries are investigated, in the context of the computational method developed by Ling and Atabek (1972). As examples, the following aspects are considered: stability of the computations; representation of higher-frequency components of the flow; effects of keeping or omitting non-linear terms in the equations; effects of varying the dimensionless parameters of the problem. The computational method is extended to include effects of viscoelasticity of arterial walls.