TABLE 1.

Design and shear stress parameters for syringe-capillary viscometer experiments

	τavg (dyne/cm2)	texp (s)	No. of loops	Tubing diameter (mm)	Tubing length (cm)	Outflow rate (ml/min)	SA (dyne- s/cm2)
a) High shear, single passage	250	0.100	1	0.366	22.95	14.44	25
	500	0.050	1	0.366	22.95	28.88	25
	1000	0.025	1	0.366	22.95	57.76	25
b) Low shear, multiple passages	15	80.146	2	0.366	1100	0.87	2412
	15	80.146	4	0.366	1100	0.87	4833
	15	80.146	6	0.366	1100	0.87	7253
	15	80.146	8	0.366	1100	0.87	9674
	15	80.146	10	0.366	1100	0.87	12094
c) Variable shear and exposure times	2.5	6.000	1	0.8	30	1.51	15
	25	0.600	6	0.8	30	15.08	112
	50	0.300	12	0.8	30	30.16	228
	100	0.150	25	0.8	30	60.32	479
	150	0.100	37	0.8	30	90.48	711
	200	0.075	50	0.8	30	120.64	962
	250	0.060	62	0.8	30	150.80	1194
	300	0.050	74	0.8	30	180.96	1426
	350	0.050	74	0.8	35	211.12	1611
	400	0.050	74	0.8	40	241.27	1796
	500	0.063	74	0.38	30	32.32	2883
	600	0.053	120	0.38	30	38.79	4304

Shear stress, exposure time, tubing parameters, and stress accumulation (SA) values for all conditions.