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PubMed: 36212224 DOI: 10.1063/5.0118097

Hemodynamic characteristics in a cerebral aneurysm model using non-Newtonian blood analogues.

Phys Fluids (1994) 34(10):103101

Authors: Hang Yi, Zifeng Yang, Mark Johnson, Luke Bramlage, Bryan Ludwig

Affiliations

  • Department of Mechanical and Material Engineering, Wright State University, 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy. Dayton, Ohio 45435, USA.
  • Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio 45435, USA.

Abstract

This study aims to develop an experimentally validated computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model to estimate hemodynamic characteristics in cerebral aneurysms (CAs) using non-Newtonian blood analogues. Blood viscosities varying with shear rates were measured under four temperatures first, which serves as the reference for the generation of blood analogues. Using the blood analogue, particle image velocimetry (PIV) measurements were conducted to quantify flow characteristics in a CA model. Then, using the identical blood properties in the experiment, CFD simulations were executed to quantify the flow patterns, which were used to compare with the PIV counterpart. Additionally, hemodynamic characteristics in the simplified Newtonian and non-Newtonian models were quantified and compared using the experimentally validated CFD model. Results showed the proposed non-Newtonian viscosity model can predict blood shear-thinning properties accurately under varying temperatures and shear rates. Another developed viscosity model based on the blood analogue can well represent blood rheological properties. The comparisons in flow characteristics show good agreements between PIV and CFD, demonstrating the developed CFD model is qualified to investigate hemodynamic factors within CAs. Furthermore, results show the differences of absolute values were insignificant between Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids in the distributions of wall shear stress (WSS) and oscillatory shear index (OSI) on arterial walls. However, not only does the simplified Newtonian model underestimate WSS and OSI in most regions of the aneurysmal sac, but it also makes mistakes in identifying the high OSI regions on the sac surface, which may mislead the hemodynamic assessment on the pathophysiology of CAs.

MeSH

Hemodynamics, Aneurysm, Temperature, Blood

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