Workshop Scope and Relevance

There has been tremendous progress in CFD simulations in patient-specific geometries over the past two decades due to an enormous increase in computing power. Simultaneously, the modelling approaches of blood as a fluid have also evolved in the continuum and mesoscale limits. This workshop will teach different aspects of the continuum approach through theoretical and hands-on sessions. The workshop will also introduce some elements of mesoscale modelling of blood. It will encompass various tools, backgrounds and methods of continuum modelling using CFD. Through detailed hands-on sessions, the participants will also be exposed to solving related problems using commonly used CFD tools. Firstly, the details and background of CFD methods will be explained. Next, the complete process of starting with actual CT-scan data and building patient-specific geometry for CFD simulations will be covered. A detailed exposure to the solution of such problems using CFD, by setting up boundary conditions and governing equations in CFD packages, will be provided by lectures and hands-on sessions, apart from continuum and CFD, mesoscale advancements, especially those of Dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) model of RBCs would also be covered in detail. All the advancements in RBC and blood rheology will also be shown. It is expected that any student with an essential engineering/science background attending the workshop would be able to perform simulations of blood flow in patient-specific geometries, starting from CT-scan data. They would also have adequate impressions of various aspects of blood rheology and mesoscale techniques towards modelling such flows. They would also have some idea to select the correct blood model for any given application. This workshop is expected to be helpful for skill enhancement in this emerging field, where medical professionals and engineers can collaborate to solve blood flow-related problems in a patient-specific manner.

  Student Coordinator