1-D blood flow modelling in a running human body |
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Authors: | Viktor Szabó Gábor Halász |
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Institution: | Department of Hydrodynamic Systems, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary |
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Abstract: | In this paper an attempt was made to simulate blood flow in a mobile human arterial network, specifically, in a running human subject. In order to simulate the effect of motion, a previously published immobile 1-D model was modified by including an inertial force term into the momentum equation. To calculate inertial force, gait analysis was performed at different levels of speed. Our results show that motion has a significant effect on the amplitudes of the blood pressure and flow rate but the average values are not effected significantly. |
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Keywords: | 1-D modelling arterial network body acceleration exercise arterial blood flow |
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