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A numerical simulation of blood flow in the thoracic aorta is presented. Patient-specific aorta shapes are used in a centerline-fitted curvilinear coordinate system in which the Navier–Stokes equation is discretized using finite-difference approximation with immersed boundary method. Numerical results are visualized by drawing instantaneous streamlines to exhibit the flow structures. Dean vortices and the transition from them to a swirling flow are observed by comparing the original shapes and projected shapes that have no torsion.
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This work was supported by the JST-CREST Mathematics program.
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Suito, H., Ueda, T. (2014). Blood Flow Analysis Using Medical Imaging Data and Streamline Visualization. In: Anjyo, K. (eds) Mathematical Progress in Expressive Image Synthesis I. Mathematics for Industry, vol 4. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55007-5_14
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