Computational analysis of energy distribution of coupled blood flow and arterial deformation

The present study analyzes the distribution and dissipation of the energy delivered to arteries. A computational model of blood flow and arterial deformation is used to examine the behavior of different constitutive models of arterial wall. In particular, we consider poroelastic and viscoelastic descriptions of the artery. Energy estimates are derived for each constitutive model of the arterial wall from the weak formulation of the fluid/solid...