Finite element analysis of stresses developed in blood sacs of a pusherplate blood pump

Tammy Haut Donahue, William Weiss, Gus Rosenberg, Christopher Jacobs

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Abstract

An axisymmetric finite element model of the pusher plate, blood sac and pump case was constructed to assess whether stresses in blood sacs were due to high tensile forces on the outer surface in the region of maximum bending of the sac. When the taper was removed from the pump case, the maximum Von Mises stresses in the 0.015 thick sac decreased from 227 to 150 psi, and reduced the strain from 0.21 to 0.13.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)S-1
JournalAnnals of Biomedical Engineering
Volume28
Issue numberSUPPL. 1
StatePublished - Dec 1 2000
Event2000 Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society - Washington, WA, USA
Duration: Oct 12 2000Oct 14 2000

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Biomedical Engineering

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