In this study, we present a fully-coupled fluid-structure interaction (FSI) framework that combines smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) and nonlinear finite element (FE) method to investigate the coupled aortic and mitral valves structural response and the bulk intraventricular hemodynamics in a realistic left ventricle (LV) model during the entire cardiac cycle. The FSI model incorporates va...

In this work, the robustness of the fluid-structure interaction simulation with a nearly incompressible elasticity model from our previous work [Partitioned solvers for the fluid-structure interaction problems with a nearly incompressible elasticity model, Comput Visual Sci, 14:227-247, 2012] is improved. At each time step of the FSI simulation, using properly chosen elementwise stabilization p...

BACKGROUND Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a dilatation of the aortic wall, which can rupture, if left untreated. Previous work has shown that, maximum diameter is not a reliable determinant of AAA rupture. However, it is currently the most widely accepted indicator. Wall stress may be a better indicator and promising patient specific results from structural models using static pressure, hav...

The effects of fluid-structure interactions (FSI) and pulsation on the transport of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) through an arterial wall are analyzed in this work. To this end, a comprehensive multi-layer model for both LDL transport as well as fluid-structure interaction (FSI) is introduced. The constructed model is analyzed and compared with the existing results in the limiting cases. Excel...

PURPOSE Image-based computational models with fluid-structure interaction (FSI) can be used to perform plaque mechanical analysis in intracranial artery stenosis. We described a process in FSI study applied to symptomatic severe intracranial (M1) stenosis before and after stenting. MATERIALS AND METHODS Reconstructed 3D angiography in STL format was transferred to Magics for smoothing of vess...

INTRODUCTION In recent years we have improved our previous fluid structure interaction (FSI) model of aortic valve first by addition of the sinuses of valsalva and now by expanding it to include the coronary structure. This FSI model will enable us to retrieve data related to either the fluid domain such as flow patterns, velocity distribution, perfusion level into the coronaries or the structu...

The use of lattice Boltzmann methods (LBM) for fluid flow and its coupling with finite element method (FEM) structural models for fluid-structure interaction (FSI) is investigated. A body of high performance LBM software that exploits graphic processing unit (GPU) and multiprocessor programming models is developed and validated against a set of twoand three-dimensional benchmark problems. Compu...

In this talk we deal with the simulation of fluid-structure interaction (FSI) problems in hemodynamics, with the emphasis in data assimilation and simulation in physiological regimes.

Size-dependent vibrational and instability behavior of fluid-conveying magneto-electro-elastic (MEE) tubular nano-beam subjected to magneto-electric potential and thermal field has been analyzed in this study. Considering the fluid-conveying nanotube as an Euler-Bernoulli beam, fluid-structure interaction (FSI) equations are derived by using non-classical constitutive relations for MEE material...

Standard Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) methods for the simulation of fluid-structure interaction (FSI) problems fail due to excessive mesh deformations when the structural displacement is large. We propose a method that successfully deals with this problem, keeping the same mesh connectivity while enforcing mesh alignment with the structure. The proposed Extended ALE Method relies on a va...