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Optimal branching diameters and lengths for a T-shaped assembly of tubes.
| K (m2) | Blood (ρ = 1060 kg/m3; μ = 2.78 × 10−3 Pa·s) |
Air (ρ = 1.1405 kg/m3; μ = 1.9043 × 10−5 Pa·s) |
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| (D2/D1)optimum | (L2/L1)optimum | R ∗ minimum | (D2/D1)optimum | (L2/L1)optimum | R ∗ minimum | |
| 0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
| 10−5 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.6 |
| 10−3 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 4.4 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 4.3 |
| 10−1 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 29.3 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 6.1 |
