Fig. 7

Velocity streamline plots and axial velocity profile of flow in atherosclerotic artery. Left velocity streamline plots of carotid bifurcation in the branching plane at t/T = 0.6 (systolic acceleration phase); right the axial velocity profile of flow through the four sections of the carotid bifurcation. These results were prepared by CFD simulation using high-performance computing. Magnitude of the relevant velocity is rendered by color coding scheme