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Turbulent Blood Flow in a Ventricular Assist Device
Application Challenge AC7-03 © copyright ERCOFTAC 2021
Description
Introduction
Ventricular Assist Devices (VADs) are implanted in patients with severe heart failure. Today, nearly all VADs are designed as turbomachinery, since they have a higher power density as pulsatile pumps, and therefore can be implanted within the human body. By using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), VADs must be designed and optimised in such a way that they reproduce a physiological pressure increase, to sufficiently supply the body with enough blood flow. Furthermore, they must be designed
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Contributed by: B. Torner — University of Rostock, Germany
© copyright ERCOFTAC 2021