Abstract
The effects of pulsatile amplitude on sinusoidal laminar flows through a rigid pipe with sharp-edged ring-type constrictions have been studied numerically. The parameters considered are: mean Reynolds number (Re) of the order of 100; Strouhal number (St) in the range 0.0-3.98; Womersley number (Nw) in the range 0.0-50.0. The pulsatile amplitude (A) varies in the range 0.0-2.0. The flow characteristics were studied through the pulsatile contours of streamline, vorticity, shear stress and isobars. Within a pulsatile cycle the relations between instantaneous flow rate (Q) and instantaneous pressure gradient (dp/dz) are observed to be elliptic. The relations between instantaneous flow rate (Q) and pressure loss (P loss ) are quadratic. Linear relations exist between instantaneous flow rate (Q) and maximum velocity, maximum vorticity and maximum shear stress.
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