2 papers
physics.flu-dyn2025
In vivo evidence of blood flow slippage: failure of the no-slip boundary condition assumption
Alena Jarolímová, Jaroslav Hron, Karel Tůma +3
The assumption that blood adheres to vessel walls, the ``no-slip'' boundary condition, is an essential premise of cardiovascular fluid dynamics. Yet, whether it holds true \emph{in…
cs.CE2018
The importance of the pericardium for cardiac biomechanics: From physiology to computational modeling
Martin R. Pfaller, Julia M. Hörmann, Martina Weigl +4
The human heart is enclosed in the pericardial cavity. The pericardium consists of a layered thin sac and is separated from the myocardium by a thin film of fluid. It provides a fi…