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Flow in tubes is one of the most common physical phenomena, indeed one of the most common physical tools, in biology.
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Zamir, M. (2016). Steady Flow in a Tube. In: Hemo-Dynamics. Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24103-6_3
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