简介：Newtonian,QuemadaandCassonbloodviscositymodelsareimplementedinordertosimulatetherheologicalbehaviorofbloodunderpulsatingflowconditionsinapatientspecificiliacbifurcation.Theinfluenceoftheappliedbloodconstitutiveequationsismonitoredviathewallshearstress(WSS)distribution,magnitudeandoscillations,non-Newtonianimportancefactors,andviscosityvaluesaccordingtotheshearrate.ThedistributionofWSSonthevascularwallfollowsapatternwhichisindependentoftherheologicalmodelchosen.Ontheotherhand,theWSSmagnitudeandoscillationsaredirectlyrelatedtothebloodconstitutiveequationsappliedandtheshearrate.ItisconcludedthattheNewtonianapproximationissatisfactoryonlyinhighshearandflowrates.Moreover,theNewtonianmodelseemstooverestimatethepossibilityfortheformationofatheroscleroticlesionsoraneurysmsatsitesofthevascularwallwheretheWSSareoscillating.