The biomechanics of atherosclerosis development

  • Oluwole D. Makinde University of the North
  • Thomas M. Acho Vista University
  • Precious Sibanda University of Zimbabwe
  • Edward M. Lungu University of Botswana

Abstract

In this paper, we investigate the bio-mechanics of atherosclerosis development in human physiology. Blood is modelled as an incompressible fluid of variable viscosity flowing in a slightly diverging channel (i.e. large artery) of small aspect ratio [15]. The hypothetical viewpoint in this work is the existence of relationship between the atherosclerosis development, blood viscosity, flow separation and turning points in the flow field. The problem is tackled by asymptotic approximation and the graphical results are discussed quantitatively.

Keywords

aorta, blood viscosity, bifurcation study, atherosclerosis development,

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Published
Feb 2, 2023
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MAKINDE, Oluwole D. et al. The biomechanics of atherosclerosis development. Computer Assisted Methods in Engineering and Science, [S.l.], v. 10, n. 1, p. 23-31, feb. 2023. ISSN 2956-5839. Available at: <https://cames.ippt.pan.pl/index.php/cames/article/view/1100>. Date accessed: 17 may 2024.
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