title: Wall shear stress distribution in the human carotid siphon during pulsatile flow.
abstract: Wall shear stress distribution in the carotid siphon, which is a multiple curved segment of the internal carotid artery, is investigated numerically under physiological flow conditions. The computer simulation of flow through the model segment is based on the time-dependent, three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations, solved numerically with a finite element method. The study shows the behavior of the wall shear stress-vector field and identifies the zones of high and low wall shear stress values during the cardiac cycle.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Mathematics, Technical University Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Perktold
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Florian
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hilbert
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Peter
mesh_terms: D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000502:physiology*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D008961:Models, Structural; D011673:Pulsatile Flow; D012212:Rheology; D013314:Stress, Mechanical