The University of British Columbia, Course Project
CFD Analysis and Performance Comparison of Mechanical Heart Valves at Opening Position
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Creative Fields: Engineering, 3D modelling, Simulation
Completion Date: April 2023
Skills: SolidWorks Modelling, ANSYS Fluent CFD Analysis, Biofluid
Background: The main purpose of this project is to investigate blood flow behaviour passing through mechanical heart valves and thus study the correlation between the blood flow pattern and known heart diseases with the help of ANSYS Fluent
Project Details:
Created a container model to represent the heart around the heart valve
Prepared three accurate heart valve 3D models as maximum opening position in SolidWorks
Conducted mesh dependency study and refinement
Setup computational fluid dynamic simulation in ANSYS Fluent
Obtained and compared the blood flow pattern inside those three different mechanical heart valves
Linked the common heart diseases with the flow pattern and validated by comparing with multiple literature sources
Contribution and Disclaimer:
The project was completed by myself with the help from the best TA Angleos Mavroudis and the emotional support from colleagues in the PACE Lab. This project was a one-person project for the course MECH 533-Biofluid at UBC.