@article{article_320859, title={Turbulent Flow in Agent-based Blood Vessel Model}, journal={International Journal of Engineering Science and Application}, volume={1}, pages={67–71}, year={2017}, author={Bora, Şebnem and Emek, Sevcan and Evren, Vedat}, keywords={agent; agent-based modeling and simulation; blood vessel; turbulent flow}, abstract={<p> <font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font> <font color="#000000"> <font face="Times New Roman"> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;" xml:lang="en-us">The aim of this study is to model the flow in blood
vessel at the simulation environment, in accordance with hemodynamic
principles. </span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> <strong> <font size="2"> </font> </strong> </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;" xml:lang="en-us">The circumstances that may
cause turbulent flow in the blood vessel model, developed in the agent based
simulation environment, have been discussed in this study. Whether or not the flow
in the blood vessel is turbulent is determined by the Reynolds’ number. </span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> <strong> <font size="2"> </font> </strong> </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;" xml:lang="en-us">The </span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> <strong> <font size="2"> </font> </strong> </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;" xml:lang="en-us">Reynolds’
number is calculated based on the diameter of blood vessel, flow velocity in
the blood vessel, blood density and viscosity. </span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> <strong> <font size="2"> </font> </strong> </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;" xml:lang="en-us">The circumstances of turbulent flow that may occur based on the radius
and viscosity in a narrowed region of blood vessel </span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> <strong> <font size="2"> </font> </strong> </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;" xml:lang="en-us">are shown graphically through experimental studies. </span> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us"> <strong> <font size="2"> </font> </strong> </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;font-weight:normal;" xml:lang="en-us">It is thought that this study can be used for the educational
purposes in medical education and engineering applications. </span> </font> </font> </p> <p> <font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font> <br /> </p>}, number={2}, publisher={Nisantasi University}