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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Biomed Eng. 2009 May 27;37(8):1483. doi: 10.1007/s10439-009-9719-9

TABLE 3. Separation length upstream and downstream of nonstreamlined strut geometries.

Geometry Upstream distance Downstream distance
Rectangular 2:1 0.22 0.845
Rectangular 4:1 0.15 0.26
Rectangular 8:1 0.07 0.09
Circular arc 2:1 0.08 0.47

The distance is normalized by the strut width, w.