Lattice Boltzmann Simulation of Blood Flow in Blood Vessels with the Rolling Massage
YI Hou-Hui1,2, XU Shi-Xiong3, QIAN Yue-Hong4, FANG Hai-Ping1
1Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PO Box 800-204, Shanghai 201800
2Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080
3Department of Mechanics and Engineering Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433
4Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, NJ 08544, USA
Lattice Boltzmann Simulation of Blood Flow in Blood Vessels with the Rolling Massage
YI Hou-Hui1,2;XU Shi-Xiong3;QIAN Yue-Hong4;FANG Hai-Ping1
1Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PO Box 800-204, Shanghai 201800
2Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080
3Department of Mechanics and Engineering Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433
4Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, NJ 08544, USA
Abstract： The rolling massage manipulation is a classic Chinese massage, which is expected to improve the circulation by pushing, pulling and kneading of the muscle. A model for the rolling massage manipulation is proposed and the lattice Boltzmann method is applied to study the blood flow in the blood vessels. The simulation results show that the blood flux is considerably modified by the rolling massage and the explicit value depends on the rolling frequency, the rolling depth, and the diameter of the vessel. The smaller the diameter of the blood vessel, the larger the enhancement of the blood flux by the rolling massage. The model, together with the simulation results, is expected to be helpful to understand the mechanism and further development of rolling massage techniques.
YI Hou-Hui;XU Shi-Xiong;QIAN Yue-Hong;FANG Hai-Ping. Lattice Boltzmann Simulation of Blood Flow in Blood Vessels with the Rolling Massage[J]. 中国物理快报, 2005, 22(12): 3210-3213.
YI Hou-Hui, XU Shi-Xiong, QIAN Yue-Hong, FANG Hai-Ping. Lattice Boltzmann Simulation of Blood Flow in Blood Vessels with the Rolling Massage. Chin. Phys. Lett., 2005, 22(12): 3210-3213.
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