Numerical analysis of blood flow with open source programme

The objective of this study is to determine critical hemodynamic parameters through computer assisted modeling of blood flow and to examine the effects on cardiovascular diseases. In order to contribute to the effort against these diseases, conducted numerical analyses were compared to the blood flow results in literature. As carotis is the main artery to the face and to the brain, forming of an atherosclerosis may present a lethal risk. Therefore, this study focuses on various carotid geometries featuring different bifurcation angles and sinus locations. Simulations are run via the SIMPLE algorithm under the assumption of incompressible and steady flow of the human blood. The associated data were studied in respect to the CCA and ICA regions of every geometry. Consequently streamlines, velocity contours, WSS and residual results are obtained to be compared against the existing literature results. During the study open-source software such as SALOME, Gmsh, OpenFOAM and ParaView were deployed for design and analyses purposes. The fact that this study is conducted without the need of licensed software would prove to be an alternate method for future studies in the field. Within the scope of the study firstly some important information was shared from mathematical and medicinal perspectives. After that, the informations on open-source software are given. Then, notes on literature survey are shared. Within the methodology section, important points and necessary steps to run the simulations take place. Outputs and numerical analyses are presented within the next section. Discussions and results sections which includes the general evaluations concludes the study.