modelWindkessel_3element

Three-element windkessel model
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Information

Three-element windkessel model, updated two-element windkessel model with an impedance element. Impedance can be approximated by resistance.

  • Westerhof N, Elzinga G (1991) Normalized input impedance and arterial decay time over heart period are independent of animal size. Am J Physiol 261:R126–R133
  • Westerhof, N., Lankhaar, J.-W., & Westerhof, B. E. (2009). The arterial Windkessel. Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, 47(2), 131–41. doi:10.1007/s11517-008-0359-2

Components

TypeNameDefaultDescription
Bodylight.Hydraulic.Sources.UnlimitedPumpheart
Bodylight.Hydraulic.Components.ElasticVesselarteries
Bodylight.Hydraulic.Components.Conductorresistance
Bodylight.Hydraulic.Sources.UnlimitedVolumeveins
Utilities.Pulsespulses
Bodylight.Hydraulic.Components.Conductorimpedance

Revisions

  • Sep 2014 by Tomas Kulhanek:
    Created.