Rarefaction and blood pressure in systemic and pulmonary arteries

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 705, Issue , 2012, Pages 280-305

  Olufsen, Mette S ^a   Hill, N A ^b   Vaughan, Gareth D A ^b   Sainsbury, Christopher ^c   Johnson, Martin ^d  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d GOLDEN JUBILEE NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

blood flow

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; FORECASTING; FORESTRY; HEMODYNAMICS; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS;

BLOOD FLOW; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; PRESSURE INCREASE; PRESSURE PROPAGATION; PULMONARY ARTERY; SYSTEMIC ARTERIES; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

BLOOD;

BIFURCATION; BLOOD; CROSS SECTION; HYPERTENSION; NEWTONIAN FLUID; NUMERICAL MODEL;

FORECASTS; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 84871519640     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2012.220     Document Type: Article

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