Biomedical fluid mechanics
There is an increasing evidence that bio-fluids motion is nearly turbulent, even at relatively low Reynolds numbers, mainly due to its three-dimensionality, pulsation and complexity of geometry.
Together with our colleagues and medical doctors we study fluid dynamics of pulsating, unsteady flows in complex geometries, assisting health professionals to understand better the effect of fluid motion and fluid-structure interaction in vascular diseases, body fluid drainage and other health issues.
We work with aorta flows, TAVI, valves, ventrical assisting devices, cerebrospinal fluid models, coronary trees, etc. Our speciality is in the three-dimensional, time varying flows and Lagrangian tracking. These are especially useful in transparent physical replica of complex human geometry.
Our most recent project is the 3D-PTV in the left ventricle transparent phantom model. The main purpose is to study wall shear stress and its relation to the observed flow patterns
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