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An equation governing the excess pressure has been derived, for an axially tethered and stenosed elastic tube filled with viscous liquid, by introducing the elasticity of the tube through pressure-area relation. This equation is solved numerically for large Womersley parameter and the results are presented for different types of pressure-radius relations and geometries by prescribing an outgoing wave suffering attenuation at some axial point of the tube. For a locally constricted tube it is observed that the pressure oscillates more and generates sound on the down stream side of the constriction.
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Rao, A.R. Unsteady flow with attenuation in a fluid filled elastic tube with a stenosis. Acta Mechanica 49, 201–208 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01236351
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