@article{Boyd2008b:PMB,
 
author={J Boyd and J M Buick},
  
title={Three-dimensional modelling of the human carotid artery using the lattice {Boltzmann} method: {II. Shear} analysis},
  
journal={Physics in Medicine and Biology},
  
volume={53},
  
number={20},
  
pages={5781-5795},
  
url={http://stacks.iop.org/0031-9155/53/5781},
  
year={2008},
  
abstract={Near-wall shear is known to be important in the pathogenesis and progression of atherosclerosis. In this paper, the shear field in a three-dimensional model of the human carotid artery is presented. The simulations are performed using the lattice Boltzmann model and are presented at six times of interest during a physiologically accurate velocity waveform. The near-wall shear rate and von Mises effective shear are also examined. Regions of low near-wall shear rates are observed near the outer wall of the bifurcation and in the lower regions of the external carotid artery. These are regions where low near-wall velocity and circulatory flows have been observed and are regions that are typically prone to atherosclerosis.}

}