title: Non-dimensional physics of pulsatile cardiovascular networks and energy efficiency.
abstract: In Nature, there exist a variety of cardiovascular circulation networks in which the energetic ventricular load has both steady and pulsatile components. Steady load is related to the mean cardiac output (CO) and the haemodynamic resistance of the peripheral vascular system. On the other hand, the pulsatile load is determined by the simultaneous pressure and flow waveforms at the ventricular outlet, which in turn are governed through arterial wave dynamics (transmission) and pulse decay characteristics (windkessel effect). Both the steady and pulsatile contributions of the haemodynamic power load are critical for characterizing/comparing disease states and for predicting the performance of cardiovascular devices. However, haemodynamic performance parameters vary significantly from subject to subject because of body size, heart rate and subject-specific CO. Therefore, a 'normalized' energy dissipation index, as a function of the 'non-dimensional' physical parameters that govern the circulation networks, is needed for comparative/integrative biological studies and clinical decision-making. In this paper, a complete network-independent non-dimensional formulation that incorporates pulsatile flow regimes is developed. Mechanical design variables of cardiovascular flow systems are identified and the Buckingham Pi theorem is formally applied to obtain the corresponding non-dimensional scaling parameter sets. Two scaling approaches are considered to address both the lumped parameter networks and the distributed circulation components. The validity of these non-dimensional number sets is tested extensively through the existing empirical allometric scaling laws of circulation systems. Additional validation studies are performed using a parametric numerical arterial model that represents the transmission and windkessel characteristics, which are adjusted to represent different body sizes and non-dimensional haemodynamic states. Simulations demonstrate that the proposed non-dimensional indices are independent of body size for healthy conditions, but are sensitive to deviations caused by off-design disease states that alter the energetic load. Sensitivity simulations are used to identify the relationship between pulsatile power loss and non-dimensional characteristics, and optimal operational states are computed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Berk
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3253-9452
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yigit
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Department of Mechanical Engineering, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey kpekkan@ku.edu.tr.
authors.forename: Kerem
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7637-4445
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pekkan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D057446:Hydrodynamics; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D011673:Pulsatile Flow
keywords: body size scaling; comparative cardiovascular scaling; haemodynamics; power loss
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