Simulation of blood flow in patient-specific cerebral arteries with a domain decomposition method

Wen Shin Shiu, Zhengzheng Yan, Jia Liu, Rongliang Chen, Feng Nan Hwang, Xiao Chuan Cai

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Abstract

We simulate blood flow in patient-specific cerebral arteries. The complicated geometry in the human brain makes the problem challenging. We use a fully unstructured three dimensional mesh to cover the artery, and Galerkin/least-squares finite element method to discretize the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations, that are employed to model the blood flow, and the resulting large sparse nonlinear system of equations is solved by a Newton-Krylov-Schwarz algorithm. From the computed flow fields, we are able to understand certain behavior of the blood flow of this particular patient before and after a stenosis is surgically removed. We also report the robustness and parallel performance of the domain decomposition based algorithm.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDomain Decomposition Methods in Science and Engineering XXIII
EditorsHyea Hyun Kim, Axel Klawonn, Eun-Jae Park, Chang-Ock Lee, Olof B. Widlund, Xiao-Chuan Cai, David E. Keyes
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages407-415
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)9783319523880
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017
Event23rd International Conference on Domain Decomposition Methods, DD23 - Jeju Island, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 6 Jul 201510 Jul 2015

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering
Volume116
ISSN (Print)1439-7358

Conference

Conference23rd International Conference on Domain Decomposition Methods, DD23
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
City Jeju Island
Period6/07/1510/07/15

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