Impact of side-hole geometry on the performance of hemodialysis catheter tips: A computational fluid dynamics assessment

• David G. Owen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: David G. Owen, Diana C. de Oliveira

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: DGO452@bham.ac.uk

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7774-6084

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• Diana C. de Oliveira ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: David G. Owen, Diana C. de Oliveira

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8151-1333

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• Shuang Qian,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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• Naomi C. Green,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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• Duncan E. T. Shepherd ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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• Daniel M. Espino

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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