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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Comput Methods Appl Mech Eng. 2017 Jun 29;324:413–437. doi: 10.1016/j.cma.2017.06.019
Volume fraction, rV = Vcapillary/Vtotal = 0.131708
Capillary diameter dcapillary = 0.10 mm, Wall thickness δcapillary = 0.1mm
Diffusion coefficient in capillaries (1D pipe elements) Dcapillary = 1000 mm2/s
Diffusion coefficient in pipe wall Dwall = 0.05 mm2/s
Diffusion coefficient in tissue Dtissue = 0.1 mm2/s
Hydraulic coefficient for the capillary wall kh = 0.05 mm2/ (Pa s)
Time steps: 20 × 0.1 s