Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 204926, 6 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/204926
Research Article

The Finite Element Method Applied to a Problem of Blood Flow in Vessels

Gabriela Nuţ,1 Ioana Chiorean,1 and Maria Crişan2

1Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Babeş-Bolyai University 1, Mihail Kogălniceanu Street, 400084 Cluj Napoca, Romania
2Clinic of Dermatology, Department of Histology, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy 8 Victor Babeş Street, 400012 Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Received 29 August 2011; Accepted 10 October 2011

Academic Editor: Carlo Cattani

Copyright © 2012 Gabriela Nuţ et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract

We use the finite element method to solve a convection-diffusion equation when convection is dominating, a problem which describes the behavior of the concentration of a solute in a blood vessel. A new technique for computing the discrete problem is used.