简介:Anumericalanalysisofnon-Newtonianfluidflowinnon-planararterywithbifurcationwasperformedbyusingafiniteelementmethodtosolvethethree-dimensionalNavier-Stokesequationscoupledwiththenon-Newtonianconstitutivemodels,includingCarreau,CrossandBinghammodels.Theobjectiveofthisstudyistoinvestigatetheeffectsofthenon-Newtonianpropertiesofbloodaswellascurvatureandout-of-planegeometryinthenon-planardaughtervesselsonthevelocitydistributionandwallshearstress.Theresultsofthisstudysupporttheviewthatthenon-planarityofbloodvesselsandthenon-Newtonianpropertiesofbloodareofimportantinhemodynamicsandplayasignificantroleinvascularbiologyandpathophysiology.