TY - EJOU AU - Hung, Tin-Kan AU - Kuo, Ruei-Hung AU - Chiang, Cheng-Hsien TI - Kinematic and Dynamic Characteristics of Pulsating Flow in 180o Tube T2 - Molecular \& Cellular Biomechanics PY - 2020 VL - 17 IS - 1 SN - 1556-5300 AB - Kinematic and dynamic characteristics of pulsating flow in a model of human aortic arch are obtained by a computational analysis. Three-dimensional flow processes are summarized by pressure distributions on the symmetric plane together with velocity and pressure contours on a few cross sections for systolic acceleration and deceleration. Without considering the effects of aortic tapering and the carotid arteries, the development of tubular boundary layer with centrifugal forces and pulsation are also analyzed for flow separation and backflow during systolic deceleration. KW - Aortic arch; curve tube; pressure; pulsating flow; vortex DO - 10.32604/mcb.2019.07817