The Situation

Often times as humans age, they will have problem with mitral valve regurgitation. As the heart beats, liquid flows in multiple directions, instead of solely in the outward direction.

 

The Task

During the summer of 2016, I conducted research into jets resulting from a vertical orifice and a 30° tilted orifice. By analyzing the maximum velocities in these two orifice cases, a correction factor could be determined which will allow easy calculation of flow volume for existing mitral regurgitation data.

 

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The Process

To start, I modeled the anatomical surfaces

in MATLAB, NX, and SOLIDWORKS. I then

simulated blood flow through the multiple

mitral valve configurations in ANSYS Fluent.

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The Results

From ANSYS Fluent, I synthesized velocity 

and flow rate data to create a correction

factor which provides detailed fluid dynamic

data with less intrusive procedures.

 

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