We present comprehensive particle image velocimetry measurements and direct numerical
simulation (DNS) of physiological, pulsatile flow through a clinical quality bileaflet …

A three-dimensional (3-D), time-dependent computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model was
used to investigate the effect of leaflet opening angle on the flow through a fully open …

This work focuses on the direct numerical simulation of the pulsatile flow through a bileaflet
mechanical heart valve under physiological conditions and in a realistic aortic root …

The flow through a bileaflet mechanical heart valve during the first half of systole was
predicted using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). A three-dimensional model of the …

Time-accurate, fully 3D numerical simulations and particle image velocity laboratory
experiments are carried out for flow through a fully open bileaflet mechanical heart valve …

As the pulsatile cardiac blood flow drives the heart valve leaflets to open and close, the flow
in the vicinity of the valve resembles a pulsed jet through a nonaxisymmetric orifice with a …

We have performed high-resolution fluid–structure interaction simulations of physiologic
pulsatile flow through a bi-leaflet mechanical heart valve (BMHV) in an anatomically realistic …

Thromboembolic complications of bileaflet mechanical heart valves (BMHV) are believed to
be due to detrimental stresses imposed on blood elements by the hinge flows …

The congenital bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is associated with increased leaflet calcification,
ascending aortic dilatation, aortic stenosis (AS) and regurgitation (AR). Although underlying …

Important progress has been achieved in recent years in simulating the fluid-structure
interaction around cardiac valves. An important step in making these computational tools …