Mechanical characterization and materials modeling frameworks for prosthetic heart valves: investigations and future directions in computational biomechanics
Review demonstrates the mechanical behavior and modeling challenges of prosthetic heart valves, highlighting future computational methods for bioengineering applications.
Key Points
The review aims to analyze the mechanical behavior of prosthetic heart valves and their modeling frameworks.
Critical analysis of PHV mechanics, including solid mechanics, fluid dynamics, and FSI.
Evaluation of constitutive modeling, stiffness, strength, and fatigue properties.
Summary of numerical, experimental, and AI-assisted investigation methods.
Identified challenges in the mechanics of prosthetic heart valves.
Outlined future directions in computational biomechanics.
Provided interdisciplinary insights for bioengineering and biomedical applications.