Research Article
Wall Shear Stress Estimation of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Using Computational Fluid Dynamics
Table 1
Derived values of aortic diameter, average velocity, and Reynolds number.
| | D = (Reµ)/(Vpeak) | Vavg = Q/A | Reavg = (ρDVavg)/µ | Patient No. | Aortic diameter (D) (m) | Average velocity (m/sec) (V avg) | Average Reynolds number (Re avg) |
| 2 | 0.0302 | 0.1229 | 730.03 |
| 3 | 0.0287 | 0.1333 | 797.38 |
| 4 | 0.0262 | 0.1629 | 856.39 |
| 5 | 0.0261 | 0.1674 | 844.23 |
| 6 | 0.0304 | 0.1281 | 811.12 |
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Table of Stein et al. [ 4]. |