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Erythrocyte distribution in arterial blood flow: V. Flow with minimal energy dissipation

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Flow of blood is analyzed under the assumptions of Deakin (1967b, 1968). It is found that for physiological values of hematocrit, there is little variation of erythrocyte concentration with radial distance. This conclusion is compared with those of other analyses, and an experiment is proposed which would decide between the various theories.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

    Michael A. B. Deakin

  2. Department of Mathematics, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia

    Alan S. Jones

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Deakin, M.A.B., Jones, A.S. Erythrocyte distribution in arterial blood flow: V. Flow with minimal energy dissipation. Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics 30, 241–252 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02476693

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