modelWindkessel_2element

Two-element Windkessel model
Diagram of Windkessel_2element

Extends from Modelica.Icons.Example (Icon for runnable examples).

Information

Two-element windkessel model consisting of resistance and compliance element.

  • Frank O (1899) Die Grundform des arteriellen Pulses. Z Biol 37:483–526
  • Westerhof, N., Lankhaar, J.-W., & Westerhof, B. E. (2009). The arterial Windkessel. Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, 47(2), 131–41. doi:10.1007/s11517-008-0359-2
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windkessel_effect

Components

TypeNameDefaultDescription
Physiolibrary.Fluid.Components.ElasticVesselarteries
Physiolibrary.Fluid.Components.Conductorresistance
Utilities.Pulsespulses
Sources.MassInflowSourceunlimitedPump
Sources.PressureSourceunlimitedVolume
Sensors.PressureMeasurepressureMeasure
Sensors.FlowMeasureflowMeasure

Revisions

  • Sep 2014 by Tomas Kulhanek:
    Updated pulse generator and diagram to conform electric analogy diagrams.
  • May 2014 by Marek Matejak:
    Created.