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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Apr 7.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomech. 2011 Mar 4;44(6):1001–1007. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.02.018

Table 1a.

Results from simulations with periodic sinusoidal wall motion (T=3.2 s) and a steady inlet condition (Average axial velocity at inlet = 5.91 mm/s). The table compares wall shear stress values to the quasi-static Poiseuille values for shear and presents the average and maximum percent difference.

Radius Range (μm) Axizl Wall Shear Stress (dynes/cm2) Poiseuille Shear Stress (dynes/cm2) Max. |Vr/Va| Ratio Avg. % Diff WSS Max. % Diff WSS
40 < R < 60 2.37 < τw < 8.06 2.38 < τpoiseuille < 8.08 0.0036 0.4% 0.5%
60 < R < 70 1.52 < τw < 2.44 1.53 < τpoiseuille < 2.45 0.0027 0.5% 0.5%
60 < R < 80 1.01 < τw < 2.46 1.02 < τpoiseuille < 2.47 0.0067 0.5% 0.6%
60 < R < 100 0.50 < τw < 2.50 0.51 < τpoiseuille < 2.51 0.0204 0.6% 1.1%
60 < R < 120 0.28 < τw < 2.54 0.28 < τpoiseuille < 2.55 0.0454 0.8% 2.7%
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