Publication Date:
1985-10-01
Description:
An aortic-valve model is developed, having a quadratic cross-section, two rigid cusps and two wedge-shaped aortic sinuses. The flow through this valve is assumed to be one-dimensional, just as the flow behind the cusps should be one-dimensional. The resulting model equations are two nonlinear ordinary differential equations of second order for the valve opening area as a function of time in two different ranges. This model allows the size of the aortic sinus to be varied; it also permits a computation of the pressure at both sides of the cusps (unlike previous models of this kind, which consider the flow behind the cusps as stagnant). The computed valve motion due to this pressure difference is in good agreement with experimental results, although no vortex with circular streamlines is postulated in the aortic sinuses. Obviously such vortices trapped in the sinuses are not important for the valve closure, which is controlled solely by the flow deceleration. © 1985, Cambridge University Press. All rights reserved.
Print ISSN:
0022-1120
Electronic ISSN:
1469-7645
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
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Physics
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