The effect of unsteadiness on the flow through stenoses and bifurcations.

This paper is concerned with the influence of a stenosis or a bifurcation on the flow through a tube. In particular the effect of unsteadiness is investigated using simple pulsatile and physiological type flows (Fig. 1). The experimental investigations reported herein are concerned with velocity measurements and flow visualizations. (see formula in text) These measurements, performed in a 60 degrees bifurcation, have permitted the reconstruction of the three-dimensional velocity profiles. The importance of the secondary flow in the branching is analyzed for various values of the flow parameters. Results of tests show a strong influence of unsteadiness on flow characteristics and then on hemodynamic factors. One conclusion is the following: if hemodynamic factors play an important role in the problems of atherosclerosis, then, for macrocirculation studies, it is necessary to take into account unsteadiness and, in particular, the actual shape of the flow-time forcing function.

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