Abstract
When a Casson fluid flows in a tube, there is a central region of plug flow. It is shown that, unless hematocrit varies markedly with radius, this region is so small that it may be neglected in all physiologically relevant cases.
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Deakin, M.A.B. A note on the poiseuille-type flow of a casson fluid. Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics 31, 71–74 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02478209
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02478209