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To obtain more insight into the complex blood flow patterns in the carotid artery bifurcation, finite element calculations have been carried out combined with flow visualization studies and laser-Doppler velocity measurements. As curvature effects are expected to be important in a bifurcation, first the steady flow development in a curved tube was investigated. From a detailed analysis of steady flow in a three-dimensional model of the carotid artery bifurcation it is concluded that curvature effects indeed play an important role in the daughter branches of this bifurcation, but also that the local geometry of the carotid sinus highly affects the axial and secondary flow fields. In general a good agreement is found between the numerical and experimental results.
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van Steenhoven, A.A., Rindt, C.C.M., Reneman, R.S., Janssen, J.D. (1990). Numerical and Experimental Analysis of Carotid Artery Blood Flow. In: Mosora, F., Caro, C.G., Krause, E., Schmid-Schönbein, H., Baquey, C., Pelissier, R. (eds) Biomechanical Transport Processes. NATO ASI Series, vol 193. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1511-8_9
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