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ARUP; ISBN: 978-0-9562121-5-3 - CMBBE 2012 - Cardiff University

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A FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION MODEL OF NATIVE AORTIC<br />

VALVE WITH PHYSIOLOGIC BLOOD PRESSURE AND TISSUE<br />

PROPERTIES<br />

Gil Marom 1 , Hee-Sun Kim 2 , Rami Haj-Ali 3 , Ehud Raanani 4 , Hans-Joachim<br />

1. ABSTRACT<br />

Schäfers 5 and Moshe Rosenfeld 6<br />

The kinematics and dynamics of the aortic valve (AV) are highly dependent on the<br />

combined mechanical properties of the valve and the aortic root (AR), as well as the<br />

blood flow. Previous numerical models of physiological AV and AR, that included<br />

coaptation under the full cardiac cycle, ignored the influence of the blood flow<br />

(performing “dry” simulations). This study presents a full fluid-structure interaction<br />

(FSI) model of healthy porcine AV and AR. The FSI simulations are based on coupled<br />

structural and fluid dynamics solvers that allow accurate modelling of the pressure load<br />

on both the AR and the leaflets. The partitioned solver has non-conformal meshes and<br />

the flow is modelled employing the Eulerian approach. The leaflet tissue model<br />

recognizes the hyperelastic collagen fibre network embedded in the elastin matrix. The<br />

tissues of aortic sinuses are also deformable and have hyperelastic behaviour. The<br />

coaptation is modelled with master-slave contact algorithm. A full cardiac cycle is<br />

modelled by imposing physiological blood pressure at the upstream and downstream<br />

boundaries. The kinematics of the AV is compared with previously published<br />

measurements of porcine AV in a pulsatile loop. Detailed analysis of the resulting flow<br />

field and stress distribution, as well as derived geometric quantities (such as coaptation<br />

details) allow realistic simulations and improved the comprehension of the kinematics<br />

and dynamics of AV.<br />

2. INTRODUCTION<br />

The kinematics and dynamics of the aortic valve are highly dependent on the combined<br />

mechanical properties of the valve and the aortic root, as well as the blood flow. Still,<br />

most of the existing numerical models of both physiological and prosthetic aortic valves<br />

were structure-only simulations [1,2]. Specifically, previous numerical models of<br />

physiologic aortic valve and root, that included coaptation under the full cardiac cycle,<br />

1 Ph.D. student, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tel-Aviv <strong>University</strong>, Tel Aviv 69<strong>978</strong>, Israel<br />

2 Professor, Department of Architectural Engineering, Ewha Womans <strong>University</strong>, Seoul 120-750, South<br />

Korea<br />

3 Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tel-Aviv <strong>University</strong>, Tel Aviv 69<strong>978</strong>, Israel<br />

4 Professor, Head of the Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel<br />

Hashomer 52621, Israel<br />

5 Professor, Chairman Surgical Center, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, <strong>University</strong><br />

Hospitals of Saarland, Homburg, Saarland 66421, Germany<br />

6 Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tel-Aviv <strong>University</strong>, Tel Aviv 69<strong>978</strong>, Israel

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