DATA
(Last update: 29 December 2007 )

Below are a number of flow rate waveform shapes of use in prescribing boundary conditions for CFD models.  Click on any one of these to obtain a list of Fourier coefficients, A_k and B_k, k=0..N, where Q(t)/Q_mean = A_k*cos(2pi*k*t/T) + B_k*sin(2pi*k*t/T), Q_mean is the cycle-averaged flow rate and T is the period of the cardiac cycle.  Each file lists the number of harmonics, N, followed by the k=0..N harmonics (col1 = A_k, col2 = B_k), and then a reference to the original source for the waveform shape.

• Raw geometric data from our Stroke (2005) paper [Excel spreadsheet]

• CFD and PIV data from our J Biomech Eng (In Press) paper [tarball].