Flow through a converging-diverging tube and its implications in occlusive vascular disease — II: Theoretical and experimental results and their implications
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...McDonald (10) states that if the parameter (w/v) is less than one, then the flow may be treated as quasisteady, where is the radius of the artery, w is the...
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...endothelial changes associated with large velocity gradients (32)....
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...If the constriction is severe so that true turbulence is generated, then it is quite likely that the fluctuating stress (due to fluctuating pressures and velocity gradients) on the endothelial lining causes a deterioration of the endothelial cells, as envisioned by Fry (32)....
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...Further, since an increased concen tration of fibrinogen may occur in the interfacial region between the arterial wall and the blood (32), it is possible that a fibrin network may develop in the stagnant blood near the separation and reattachment points....
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...§ - = f # 5 ' ^ ) + o R̂ , J l + 2 (̂ —) [1 " -̂ ] (32)...
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...Fry (32) states that under normal conditions a molecule such as fibrinogen is competing for water, but its affinity for water is lower than that of other substances in the blood....
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...somewhat flatter than the parabolic distribution, and the slight convergence has a tendency to stabilize the laminar mode of flow (16)....
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...g = A(Ç) + B(̂ ) + C(̂ )̂ + D(̂ )̂ + E (16)...
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...However, Langlois (26) states that re searchers have been unsuccessful in trying to find an exact solution to the axisymmetric problem....
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