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. 2022 Aug 4;9:886874. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.886874

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Computational modeling approach using ANSYS CFX. (1) SolidWorks CAD design of the pump, (2) ANSYS meshing of pump regions, (3) ANSYS CFX-Pre to define physics and boundary conditions, (4) ANSYS CFX solver to complete the simulation, and (5) ANSYS CFX-post to quantify and visualize the pump performance metrics (pressure generation, fluid stress levels, velocity profiles). For CFX-post, nodal properties are exported to a Matlab code in order to estimate the blood damage index for a given operating condition. As an exemplar of the approach, a contour plot of a single bladed centrifugal impeller is illustrated.