A CFD analysis of blood flow in abdominal aortic aneurysms and the influence of non-Newtonian behaviour and boundary conditions on hemodynamics parameters

• Grant number: 24/22964-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: March 01, 2025
• End date: June 30, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Biomedical Engineering - Medical Engineering
• Principal Investigator: Fernando Akira Kurokawa
• Grantee: Amanda Sayuri Oizuni
• Supervisor: Xiao Yun Xu
• Host Institution: Escola Politécnica (EP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Imperial College London, England
• Associated to the scholarship: 23/07771-4 - NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE BEHAVIOR OF NON NEWTONIAN FLUIDS IN COMPLEX PROBLEMS USING OPENFOAM, BP.IC

Abstract

This Research Internship Abroad Fellowship aims to expand the student's knowledge of computational modelling and simulation in CFD, specifically using OpenFOAM, for haemodynamics cases by employing various rheological models to analyse blood as a non-Newtonian fluid. The project also intends to evaluate the influence of the type of boundary condition chosen on the simulation results. As a result of this research, the student is expected to acquire new knowledge about how boundary conditions can be coupled in OpenFOAM, and how these conditions can influence the rheology of the model.