A structural analysis on the leaflet motion induced by the blood flow for design of a bileaflet mechanical heart valve prosthesis
- Authors
- Kwon, YJ; Kim, CN; Lee, JW
- Issue Date
- Sep-2003
- Publisher
- KOREAN SOC MECHANICAL ENGINEERS
- Keywords
- bileaflet mechanical heart valve (MHV) prosthesis; structural analysis; blood flow; rigid body motion; deformed motion; structural deformations and stresses; leaflet thickness; structural strength
- Citation
- KSME INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL, v.17, no.9, pp.1316 - 1323
- Journal Title
- KSME INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL
- Volume
- 17
- Number
- 9
- Start Page
- 1316
- End Page
- 1323
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hongik/handle/2020.sw.hongik/25935
- DOI
- 10.1007/BF02982472
- ISSN
- 1226-4865
- Abstract
- This paper. presents a structural analysis on the rigid and deformed motion of the leaflet induced by the blood flow required in the design of a bileaflet mechanical heart valve (MHV) prosthesis: In the study on the design and the mechanical characteristics of a bileaflet mechanical heart valve, the fluid mechanics analysis on the blood flow passing through leaflets, the kinetodynamics analysis on the rigid body motion of the leaflet induced by the pulsatile blood flow, and the structural mechanics analysis on the deformed motion of the leaflet are required sequentially and simultaneously. Fluid forces computed in the previous hemodynamics analysis on the blood flow are used in the kinetodynamics analysis on the rigid body motion of the leaflet. Thereafter, the structural mechanics analysis on the deformed motion of the leaflet follows to predict the structural strength variation of the leaflet as the leaflet thickness changes. Analysis results show that structural deformations and stresses increase as the fluid pressure increases and the leaflet thickness decreases. Analysis results also show that the leaflet becomes structurally weaker and weaker as the leaflet thickness becomes smaller than 0.6 mm.
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