Riemann solutions of two-layered blood flow model in arteries

Abstract

This study investigates the solutions of the Riemann problem for a two-layered blood flow model which is modeled by a system of quasi-linear hyperbolic partial differential equations (PDEs) obtained by vertically averaging the Euler equations over each layer. We explore the elementary waves, namely shock wave, rarefaction wave and contact discontinuity wave on the basis of method of characteristics. Further, we establish the existence and uniqueness of the corresponding local Riemann solution. Across the contact discontinuity wave, the areas of two nonlinear algebraic equations are determined by using the Newton–Raphson method of two variables in all possible wave combinations. A precise analytical method is used to display a detailed vision of the solution for this model inside a specified space domain and some certain time frame.