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. 2015 Jun 12;10(6):e0128178. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0128178

Table 1. Blood rheological model equations.

Blood Model Effective Viscosity (Pa·s)
Newtonian [7] μ = 0.00345 Pa·s
Plasma [36] μ = 0.00122 Pa·s
Power Law (Modified) [8] μ={m(γ˙)nP1,  γ˙<4270.00345 Pas,  γ˙427, m = 0.035, np = 0.6
Walburn-Schneck (Modified) [9] μ={C1e(C2H)e(C4(TPMAH2))(γ˙)C3H,  γ˙<4140.00345 Pas,   γ˙414, C1 = 0.00797, C2 = 0.0608, C3 = 0.00499, C4 = 14.585, H = 40, TPMA = 25.9
Casson [10,37] μ=0.1([η+τy(1em|γ˙||γ˙|)]2), τy = (0.625H)3, η = η0(1-H)-2.5, η 0 = 0.012, H = 40% (female normal), 33% (post-angioplasty) or 45% (male normal)
Carreau [8] μ=μC+(μ0μC)[1+(λγ˙)2]nc12,λ = 3.313, n C = 0.3568, μ0 = 0.056, and μ∞C = 0.00345
Generalised Power Law [7] μ=λ|γ˙|n1, λ=μG+Δμexp[(1+|γ˙|a)exp(b|γ˙|)],   n=nΔn exp[(1+|γ˙|c)exp(d|γ˙|)], μ∞G = 0.0035, n = 1.0, Δμ = 0.025, Δn = 0.45, a = 50, b = 3, c = 50, and d = 4