Numerical Investigation of the Effects of the Wall Porosity on the Hemodynamic Parameters of a Stenosed Carotid Artery under Pulsatile Blood Flow Conditions with a two-layer Flexible Wall

Hemodynamic parameters are always affected by stenosis severity of arterial and these parameters in their turn have influence on the development of atherosclerosis. In this paper, By considering three different stenosis severity, the effects of wall porosity assumption on the hemodynamic parameters of a stenosed artery  with a two-layer flexible wall (intima-media, adventitia), in which inner layer (intima-media) assumed porous, is numerically investigated, using Porous Fluid Structure Interaction (PFSI) model. Blood is assumed as an incompressible non-Newtonian fluid with pulsatile flow condition. In this investigation, the results show that the permeability assumption has much influenced on the hemodynamic characteristics so that the comparison of the results using PFSI with those of a non-porous model show 6% decrease in shear stress, 30% increase in displacement and more than 72%  increase in effective stress in the porous layer.