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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
Domain parameters:
  Dimension of domain: 420 × 420 µm
  Volume fraction: 0.11
  Capillary average diameter: 4 µm; average thickness: 0.4 µm
  Diameters of arteriola/venula: 26 – 30 µm; diameters of capillaries out of domain: 6 – 16 µm
  Diffusion coefficient in tissue: 1000 µm2/s
  Diffusion coefficient within blood vessels: 10000 µm2/s
  Diffusion coefficient of capillary wall: 0.1 µm2/s
  Hydraulic coefficient: 0.001 µm/(mmHg s)
  Viscosity coefficient 7.5 ×10−6 mmHg s
  Darcy coefficient for tissue 0.001 µm2/(mmHg s)
Prescribed values:
  Concentrations: C = 1 M at arteriole inlet and outlet; C = 0 M at inlet and outlet of venule
  Pressures: P=25mmHg at arteriole inlet; P=24mm Hg at the venule inlet
  Velocities: v=5mm/s at arteriole outlet; v=0.1mm/s at venule outlet
  Time steps: 20 × 50 s