TY - JOUR
T1 - Validation of a 3D computational fluid-structure interaction model simulating flow through an elastic aperture
AU - Quaini, A.
AU - Canic, S.
AU - Glowinski, R.
AU - Igo, S.
AU - Hartley, C. J.
AU - Zoghbi, William A.
AU - Little, Stephen H.
N1 - Funding Information:
Quaini's research was funded, in part, by the Texas Higher Education Board under ARP grant #003652-0023-2009 . Canic's research was funded, in part, by NSF under grant DMS-0806941, by NSF/NIH under grant DMS-0443826, by the Texas Higher Education Board under ARP grant #003652-0023-2009, and by the Lillie Roy Cranz Cullen Award. Glowinski's research was funded, in part, by NSF under grant DMS-0914788, and by the Lillie Roy Cranz Cullen Award. Hartley's research was funded, in part, by NIH under grant R01-HL22512. Little's research was funded, in part, by the American Heart Association under grant #11BGIA5840008.
PY - 2012/1/10
Y1 - 2012/1/10
N2 - This work presents a validation of a fluid-structure interaction computational model simulating the flow conditions in an in vitro mock heart chamber modeling mitral valve regurgitation during the ejection phase during which the trans-valvular pressure drop and valve displacement are not as large. The mock heart chamber was developed to study the use of 2D and 3D color Doppler techniques in imaging the clinically relevant complex intra-cardiac flow events associated with mitral regurgitation. Computational models are expected to play an important role in supporting, refining, and reinforcing the emerging 3D echocardiographic applications. We have developed a 3D computational fluid-structure interaction algorithm based on a semi-implicit, monolithic method, combined with an arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian approach to capture the fluid domain motion. The mock regurgitant mitral valve corresponding to an elastic plate with a geometric orifice, was modeled using 3D elasticity, while the blood flow was modeled using the 3D Navier-Stokes equations for an incompressible, viscous fluid. The two are coupled via the kinematic and dynamic conditions describing the two-way coupling. The pressure, the flow rate, and orifice plate displacement were measured and compared with numerical simulation results. In-line flow meter was used to measure the flow, pressure transducers were used to measure the pressure, and a Doppler method developed by one of the authors was used to measure the axial displacement of the orifice plate. The maximum recorded difference between experiment and numerical simulation for the flow rate was 4%, the pressure 3.6%, and for the orifice displacement 15%, showing excellent agreement between the two.
AB - This work presents a validation of a fluid-structure interaction computational model simulating the flow conditions in an in vitro mock heart chamber modeling mitral valve regurgitation during the ejection phase during which the trans-valvular pressure drop and valve displacement are not as large. The mock heart chamber was developed to study the use of 2D and 3D color Doppler techniques in imaging the clinically relevant complex intra-cardiac flow events associated with mitral regurgitation. Computational models are expected to play an important role in supporting, refining, and reinforcing the emerging 3D echocardiographic applications. We have developed a 3D computational fluid-structure interaction algorithm based on a semi-implicit, monolithic method, combined with an arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian approach to capture the fluid domain motion. The mock regurgitant mitral valve corresponding to an elastic plate with a geometric orifice, was modeled using 3D elasticity, while the blood flow was modeled using the 3D Navier-Stokes equations for an incompressible, viscous fluid. The two are coupled via the kinematic and dynamic conditions describing the two-way coupling. The pressure, the flow rate, and orifice plate displacement were measured and compared with numerical simulation results. In-line flow meter was used to measure the flow, pressure transducers were used to measure the pressure, and a Doppler method developed by one of the authors was used to measure the axial displacement of the orifice plate. The maximum recorded difference between experiment and numerical simulation for the flow rate was 4%, the pressure 3.6%, and for the orifice displacement 15%, showing excellent agreement between the two.
KW - Circulatory flow loop
KW - Computational fluid dynamics
KW - Echocardiography
KW - Fluid-structure interaction
KW - Mitral valve regurgitation
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.10.020
DO - 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.10.020
M3 - Article
C2 - 22138194
AN - SCOPUS:84455205516
SN - 0021-9290
VL - 45
SP - 310
EP - 318
JO - Journal of Biomechanics
JF - Journal of Biomechanics
IS - 2
ER -