Predicted wall shear rate gradients in T-type arteriolar bifurcations

Biorheology

Volumn 37, Issue 5-6, 2000, Pages 325-340

  Noren, David ^a,b   Palmer, Harvey J ^a,b   Frame, Mary D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b University of Rochester   (United States)

Author keywords

Bifurcation; Computational fluid dynamics; Endothelial cells; Shear rate gradient

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; CHEEK POUCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HAMSTER; MASSETER MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; SHEAR RATE;

ANIMALS; ARTERIOLES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CRICETINAE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ERYTHROCYTES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEMORHEOLOGY; MESOCRICETUS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0034530863     PISSN: 0006355X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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