1. FINITE-ELEMENT IMPLEMENTATION AND VERIFICATION OF COMPLEX FLUID MODELS BASED ON EVOLVING NATURAL CONFIGURATIONS, MOTIVATED BY STUDIES OF BLOOD Open Access Author: Awadelkarim, Amel Osama Title: FINITE-ELEMENT IMPLEMENTATION AND VERIFICATION OF COMPLEX FLUID MODELS BASED ON EVOLVING NATURAL CONFIGURATIONS, MOTIVATED BY STUDIES OF BLOOD Graduate Program: Engineering Science and Mechanics Keywords: bloodfluid mechanicsCOMSOL Multiphysicscontinuum mechanicsarbitrary-Lagrangian-EulerianMethod of Manufactured Solutionsclottinglysismodelingviscoelastic fluidsfinite elementcomplex fluidsverificationthermodynamicsnatural configurationOldroyd-B fluid File: Download Awadelkarim_MSThesis.pdf Committee Members: Francesco Costanzo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor