modelWindkessel_4element

Four-element windkessel model

Extends from Modelica.Icons.Example (Icon for runnable examples).

Information

Four-element windkessel model, updated three-element windkessel model with an inertia element.

  • Stergiopulos N, Westerhof BE, Westerhof N (1999) Total arterial inertance as the fourth element of the windkessel model. Am J Physiol 276:H81–H88
  • 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
Physiolibrary.Fluid.Sources.MassInflowSourceheart
Physiolibrary.Fluid.Components.ElasticVesselarteries
Physiolibrary.Fluid.Components.Conductorresistance
Physiolibrary.Fluid.Sources.PressureSourceveins
Utilities.Pulsespulses
Physiolibrary.Fluid.Components.Conductorimpedance
Physiolibrary.Fluid.Components.Inertiainertia
Sensors.PressureMeasurepressureMeasure
Sensors.FlowMeasureflowMeasure

Revisions

  • Sep 2014 by Tomas Kulhanek:
    Created.