Wavenumber-Frequency Spectral Densities of Turbulent Wall Pressure and Wall Shear Fluctuations

1990 ◽  
pp. 129-136
Author(s):  
Theodore R. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Wall Pressure ◽  
Spectral Densities ◽  
Wall Shear ◽  
Turbulent Wall

Quantifying Turbulent Wall Shear Stress in an Arteriovenous Graft Using Large Eddy Simulation

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. D. Browne ◽  
P. Griffin ◽  
M. T. Walsh
Keyword(s):  
Shear Stress ◽  
Wall Shear Stress ◽  
Large Eddy Simulation ◽  
Secondary Patency ◽  
Arteriovenous Graft ◽  
Venous Anastomosis ◽  
Eddy Simulation ◽  
Large Eddy ◽  
Wall Shear ◽  
Turbulent Wall

Hemodialysis patients require a vascular access capable of accommodating the high blood flow rates required for effective dialysis treatment. The arteriovenous graft is one such access. However, this access type suffers from reduced one year primary & secondary patency rates of 59–90% and 50–82% respectively [1]. The main contributor to the failure of this access is stenosis via the development of intimal hyperplasia (IH) that predominately occurs at the venous anastomosis. It is hypothesized that the resulting transitional to turbulent flow regime within the venous anastomosis contributes to the development of IH. The aim of this study is to investigate the influence of this transitional to turbulent behavior on wall shear stress within the venous anastomosis via the use of large eddy simulation.

Spectral and Temporal Characteristics of Post-Stenotic Turbulent Wall Pressure Fluctuations

1979 ◽  
Vol 101 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. H. Pitts ◽  
C. F. Dewey
Keyword(s):  
Steady Flow ◽  
Pressure Fluctuations ◽  
Wall Pressure ◽  
Experimental Uncertainty ◽  
Flow Parameters ◽  
Wall Pressure Fluctuations ◽  
Power Spectral ◽  
Fluctuation Amplitude ◽  
Arterial Constriction ◽  
Turbulent Wall

The power spectral density of turbulent wall pressure fluctuations was measured in a tube downstream of a model arterial constriction. The flow parameters were varied from steady flow to conditions simulating human arterial pulsatile flow. Within the experimental uncertainty (±10 percent in characteristic turbulent frequency, fo, and ±25 percent in absolute rms pressure fluctuation amplitude), turbulent flow at the peak of systole produces wall pressure fluctuations identical to those of a steady flow at the same Reynolds number.

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