A critical review on blood flow in large arteries; relevance to blood rheology, viscosity models, and physiologic conditions

Korea Australia Rheology Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 197-211

  Yilmaz, Fuat ^a   Gundogdu, Mehmet Yaşar ^a  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Blood rheology; Cfd model; Thixotropy; Viscoelasticity; Viscosity model; Yield stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149292180     PISSN: 1226119X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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