Dimension Reduced Modeling of Blood Flow in Large Arteries

Dimension Reduced Modeling of Blood Flow in Large Arteries
Author: Tobias Köppl
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2023-07-15
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3031330870

This monograph contains an in-depth and coherent treatment of dimension-reduced modeling of blood flows on the level of large vessels (macrocirculation). The authors reduce the complexity by combining a one-dimensional Navier-Stokes equation and a simplified FSI-concept. The influence of omitted vessels, which are subsequent to the outlets of larger vessels, is accounted for by systems of ordinary differential equations (0D models). The target audience primarily comprises research experts in the field of biomedical engineering, but the book may also be beneficial for graduate students alike.

Multiscale Biomechanical Modeling of Arterial Networks

Multiscale Biomechanical Modeling of Arterial Networks
Author: Hamidreza Gharahi
Publisher:
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2019
Genre: Electronic dissertations
ISBN: 9781392176245

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death all around the world. With the expansion of our understanding in biomedical sciences, a variety of factors associated with the onset and progression of such diseases have been identified. In particular, mechanical stresses such as wall shear stress and circumferential stress have been proven to be primary factors for the mechanobilogy, and their homeostatic conditions are regarded as a bridge between biomechanics and cardiovascular biology. The study of vascular growth and remodeling (G&R) is a field that exploits computational modeling to study the changes in mechanical structure and function of blood vessels in response to altered stimuli. During the past decade, vascular G&R modeling has made significant contributions to the field of biomedical engineering through all areas of cardiovascular research. However, the previous modeling has mostly been devoted to arteries, and few studies developed vascular G&R models of the microvasculature. Additionally, other remaining tasks for the modeling include: 1) consolidation of different physical models and taking into account their interactions (e.g., fluid-solid-interactions, fluid-solid-growth) and multiscale levels in space and time and 2) realization of the modeling for the clinical practice. To this end, we developed a novel computational framework that incorporates biofluid and biosolid mechanics of arterial networks in physiological conditions and expanded it to model different vascular adaptation processes. This framework integrated essential features from a constrained mixture model of G&R and blood circulation with an extension of Murray's law to construct a spatially multiscale vascular tree. We formulated the framework as a cost optimization problem where the design of the vasculature was governed by minimization of the metabolic dissipation under mechanical equilibrium as a constraint. Subsequently, we presented two implementations of the model to study two multiscale problems: pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and coronary flow regulation. In the case of PAH, we used the framework to estimate the homeostatic characteristics of the arterial tree as well as their hemodynamics. The results showed good agreement with the available experimental data in the pulmonary arterial vasculature. Furthermore, we used Womersley's analytical solution combined with the theory of small-on-large in finite elasticity to simulate the pulsatile hemodynamics in the pulmonary arterial tree. This study lays the groundwork for further temporally multiscale studies of PAH where long-term G&R in the vasculature (days to weeks) are coupled with short-term hemodynamics (cardiac cycle) in a fluid-solid-growth modeling (FSG) framework. In the case of coronary network, the baseline properties of two myocardial arterial trees distal to left anterior descending coronary artery were established using the presented method. Consequently, three different coronary flow regulation mechanisms (flow-induced, myogenic, and metabolic) were implemented using the constrained mixture models of small arteries and arterioles. The model was then calibrated against the experimental autoregulatory pressure-flow relations. Moreover, the prediction capability of the model was evaluated by simulations of exogenous adenosine infusion and inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis. In closing, the developed framework exhibited great promise for applications in the study of vascular adaptations in physiological and pathophysiological conditions. Particularly, after the homeostatic baseline of an arterial tree is established, the kinetics of production and removal of constituents from stress-mediated G&R models can be used to simulate the short- and long-term evolution of vascular tissues in disease conditions. Furthermore, this research will set the cornerstone for much needed in-silico experiments on palliative or curative managements of vascular diseases.

Modeling of Mass Transport Processes in Biological Media

Modeling of Mass Transport Processes in Biological Media
Author: Sid M. Becker
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 618
Release: 2022-08-24
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0323857418

Modeling of Mass Transport Processes in Biological Media focuses on applications of mass transfer relevant to biomedical processes and technology—fields that require quantitative mechanistic descriptions of the delivery of molecules and drugs. This book features recent advances and developments in biomedical therapies with a focus on the associated theoretical and mathematical techniques necessary to predict mass transfer in biological systems. The book is authored by over 50 established researchers who are internationally recognized as leaders in their fields. Each chapter contains a comprehensive introductory section for those new to the field, followed by recent modeling developments motivated by empirical experimental observation. Offering a unique opportunity for the reader to access recent developments from technical, theoretical, and engineering perspectives, this book is ideal for graduate and postdoctoral researchers in academia as well as experienced researchers in biomedical industries. - Offers updated information related to advanced techniques and fundamental knowledge, particularly advances in computer-based diagnostics and treatment and numerical simulations - Provides a bridge between well-established theories and the latest developments in the field - Coverage includes dialysis, inert solute transport (insulin), electrokinetic transport, cellular molecular uptake, transdermal drug delivery and respiratory therapies

Recent Trends in Computational Engineering - CE2014

Recent Trends in Computational Engineering - CE2014
Author: Miriam Mehl
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2015-10-12
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3319229974

This book presents selected papers from the 3rd International Workshop on Computational Engineering held in Stuttgart from October 6 to 10, 2014, bringing together innovative contributions from related fields with computer science and mathematics as an important technical basis among others. The workshop discussed the state of the art and the further evolution of numerical techniques for simulation in engineering and science. We focus on current trends in numerical simulation in science and engineering, new requirements arising from rapidly increasing parallelism in computer architectures, and novel mathematical approaches. Accordingly, the chapters of the book particularly focus on parallel algorithms and performance optimization, coupled systems, and complex applications and optimization.

Blood Flow

Blood Flow
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Release: 2010
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Multi-scale modeling of arterial blood flow can shed light on the interaction between events happening at micro- and meso-scales (i.e., adhesion of red blood cells to the arterial wall, clot formation) and at macro-scales (i.e., change in flow patterns due to the clot). Coupled numerical simulations of such multi-scale flow require state-of-the-art computers and algorithms. Along with developing methods for multi-scale computations, techniques for multi-scale visualizations must be designed. This animation presents early results of joint efforts of teams from Brown University and Argonne National Laboratory to develop a multi-scale visualization methodology. It illustrates a flow of healthy (red) and diseased (blue) blood cells with a Dissipative Particle Dynamics (DPD) method. Each blood cell is represented by a mesh made of 500 DPD-particles, and small spheres show a sub-set of the DPD particles representing the blood plasma, while instantaneous streamlines and slices represent the ensemble average velocity. Credits: Science: Leopold Grinberg and George Karniadakis, Brown University Visualization: Joseph A. Insley and Michael E. Papka, Argonne National Laboratory This research used resources of the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility at Argonne National Laboratory, which is supported by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy under contract DE-AC02-06CH11357. This research was supported in part by the National Science Foundation through the PetaApps program and used TeraGrid resources provided by National Institute for Computational Sciences.

Multiscale Modeling of Vascularized Tissues Via Non-matching Immersed Methods

Multiscale Modeling of Vascularized Tissues Via Non-matching Immersed Methods
Author: Luca Heltai
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2018
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We consider a multiscale approach based on immersed methods for the efficient computational modeling of tissues composed of an elastic matrix (in two or three-dimensions) and a thin vascular structure (treated as a co-dimension two manifold) at a given pressure. We derive different variational formulations of the coupled problem, in which the effect of the vasculature can be surrogated in the elasticity equations via singular or hyper-singular forcing terms. These terms only depends on information defined on co-dimension two manifolds (such as vessel center line, cross sectional area, and mean pressure over cross section), thus drastically reducing the complexity of the computational model. We perform several numerical tests, ranging from simple cases with known exact solutions to the modeling of materials with random distributions of vessels. In the latter case, we use our immersed method to perform an in silico characterization of the mechanical properties of the effective biphasic material tissue via statistical simulations.

Blood Flow

Blood Flow
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Release: 2011
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Multi-scale modeling of arterial blood flow can shed light on the interaction between events happening at micro- and meso-scales (i.e., adhesion of red blood cells to the arterial wall, clot formation) and at macro-scales (i.e., change in flow patterns due to the clot). Coupled numerical simulations of such multi-scale flow require state-of-the-art computers and algorithms, along with techniques for multi-scale visualizations. This animation presents early results of two studies used in the development of a multi-scale visualization methodology. The fisrt illustrates a flow of healthy (red) and diseased (blue) blood cells with a Dissipative Particle Dynamics (DPD) method. Each blood cell is represented by a mesh, small spheres show a sub-set of particles representing the blood plasma, while instantaneous streamlines and slices represent the ensemble average velocity. In the second we investigate the process of thrombus (blood clot) formation, which may be responsible for the rupture of aneurysms, by concentrating on the platelet blood cells, observing as they aggregate on the wall of an aneruysm. Simulation was performed on Kraken at the National Institute for Computational Sciences. Visualization was produced using resources of the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility at Argonne National Laboratory.