FEA of a Blocked Bifurcating Artery
Stress Analysis Project
Mar. 2023 - Jun. 2023
As a means to gaining insight into real-world applications of stress analysis, in a team of three Northwestern engineers, we analyzed the effects of a blood clot on a Y-shaped artery. Using Ansys, we examined the stress and deformation around the cross-area and throughout the artery.
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Model Artery with Blood Clot
Skills:
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Modeling Static Structures in Ansys
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Solidworks CAD
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Analyzing Stress and Strain in Ansys
We examined the artery with and without a blood clot to study the increase in radial and normal stress. We concluded the stress increase with blockage matched our expectations; however, we did not have time to match our data with that of real-life.
Results of cross-sectional radial stress on a healthy artery and a blocked one
Results of normal stress along a healthy artery and a blocked one
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