We have performed the aortic valve simulation by considering heart's pulsation and axial flow. In the previous simulation, blood flows from the left ventricle into the aorta at a velocity changing sinusoidally. The blood in the aorta, however, flows by the heart's pulsation, which makes a different type of velocity cycle from sinusoidal wave, and also the blood flows in a swirl, which is called axial flow. The simulation has been performed with particle method, and the pressure inside the aorta as well as the stress on the aortic wall and the aortic valve have been visualized by using computer graphics techniques. As the result of the simulation, we have found that there are heavy stresses at the bottom of the aortic valve.
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