Cardiovascular Fluidic Simulation

Yes, I know of a national laboratory that would have the interest and ability to complete such a project for the proper fee.

Of course this can be done for a fee. My use of this forum naturally implies a free and preferably open source effort by public spirited enthusiasts. Along the line of the applets to which I referred.

In that case I don't know of anyone with the intrest but you, and I assume that you lack the skill.

Sorry ;-(

You assume wrongly, my skills are adequate but I lack the time. Who are you to confidently assert that such a project would be of no interest to anybody else? You have perhaps conducted a meaningful survey?

Perhaps you should re-read my post, I did not make any assertion worthy of your pretentious accusation.

You are the only person that I know of that has demonstrated an interest and claims to possess the ability, and you have the same amount of time per year as anybody else here. It would seem that you do not place a high priority on your fantasy app. I am surprised that you had time to deride me for not understanding that your use of this forum naturally implies a free and preferably open source effort by public spirited enthusiasts.

This forum provides plenty of free advice, but not a lot of free product.

TINSSAAFL

The benefit of such a simulation would be what, please?

Among the potential uses for a simulation of this kind are: 1. Educational situations, both formal and informal. 2. Assessment of individual set-points and homeostatic mechanisms for systole, diastole, peripheral resistance, heart rate, inotropic properties. The starting point would be a simple single pump with resistance model and variable inputs for such things as pump speed and stroke volume. It would be hoped that, in time, the level of sophistication would be extended to the double pump system that includes the pulmonary circulation and the effects of the various classes of medications used in controlling hypertension and related pathologies. An open source collaborative effort would seem to lend itself best to such a project. Unlike Ace B, I do not pretend clairvoyance, and have no idea of how many would find this interesting. That is why I asked. Incidentally, the applets that I mentioned are to be found at http://www.falstad.com/mathphysics.html