Large-scale parallel simulation of blood flow coupled with a diseased blood vessel

Guo, Z.; Hirayama, Toshio; Matsuzawa, Teruo*

The objective of the presented study is to develop a LC (Loose Coupling) simulation system implementing two commercial numerical simulation software packages linked by a library called MpCCI (Mesh-based paralle Code Coupling Interface). This library is an essential and a robust tool for carrying out interpolations of the physical variables (values) between different numerical models. We have programmed the MpCCI library into two commercial codes, Mecano and Star-CD, and implemented the developed LC simulation system on a distributed parallel computer by a MPMD (Multi Program Multi Data) parallel programming style. Numerical simulation results of an aneurysm diseased artery acquired by dynamic CSD (Computational Structure Dynamics) coupled transient CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) undergoing pulsation blood flow with the LC simulation system is presented which illustrate the mechanical behaviors of the arterial wall.