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Review Article | Volume 5 Issue 1 (, 1999) | Pages 97 - 103
Numerical study of squeeze-flow in tilting disc mechanical heart valves
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CFD Research Corporation, Huntsville, AL 35805, USA.
Under a Creative Commons license
PMID : -8834732
Published
Jan. 22, 1996
Abstract

Background and aim of the study: The squeeze-flow that develops during valve closure is believed to cause cavitation in mitral mechanical heart valves (MHVs).

Methods: Squeeze-flow was studied in tilting disc MHVs using two different numerical approaches. In the first decoupled analysis, experimental measurements of valve closing velocities were input into a computer model which simulated the resulting flow field. The second coupled approach involved simulation of the occluder motion and housing deformation in response to the surrounding flow.

Results: Both models predicted the likelihood of cavitation during the squeeze-flow phase of valve closure. They also indicated that valve mounting compliance influences the squeeze-flow field. The coupled analysis also showed that squeeze-flow is influenced by fluid viscosity and the geometry of the contact region.

Conclusions: These parameters could therefore influence the inception of cavitation in tilting disc mitral MHVs.

 

 

 

How to cite: Makhijani, V. B., Siegel, J. M., Jr, & Hwang, N. H. (1996). Numerical study of squeeze-flow in tilting disc mechanical heart valves. The Journal of heart valve disease5(1), 97–103.

 
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