Prediction on Behaviour of Blood Velocity and Mitral Leaflet Displacement in the Different Shapes of Heart Valve during Cardiac Cycle

The number of cases for heart diseases is increasing every day, even though medication technologies are always improving and moving forward. In this paper, the objectives of the study are to investigate the effect of blood flow velocity and leaflet displacement using different shapes of simplified two dimensional heart valve leaflets in the diastole condition. Four different shapes of heart valve were created and the simulation was performed by using Fluid Structure Interaction (FSI). From the results obtained, the triangle shaped leaflet showed it had the highest blood velocity changes and leaflets displacement changes in a one second period when compared to the other three shapes. The outcome simulation result shows that a large vortex formed behind the leaflet and leaflet deformed when the blood flow into left ventricle is agreed with the results in literature. In conclusion, four different shapes of two dimensional model of mitral valve has been developed and investigated for applying the most suitable shape in future artificial valve design.