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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 27.
Published in final edited form as: J Mech Med Biol. 2009 Jun 1;9(2):161–176. doi: 10.1142/S0219519409002912

Figure 1.

Figure 1

(a) nominal dimensions of the recessed hinge geometry; (b) nominal dimensions of the open pivot hinge geometry; (c) angular velocity of the leaflet starting at 32 degrees moving towards closure, curve fitting is used for interpolation; (d) time varying pressure drop at the vicinity of the hinge region specified as pressure boundary condition; (e) plot of the Cartesian grid with local mesh refinement on the hinge geometry. The mesh is adapted according to the gradients of flow for efficiency and accuracy; and (f) comparison of velocity profiles at an instant in the lower gap width with the base mesh and the finer mesh density.