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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
Prescribed conditions in larger vessels (at input/output nodes of 1D pipe elements mesh)
  Inlet Pressure 3999.7 Pa (30 mmHg)
  Outlet Pressure 2666.4 Pa (10 mmHg)
  Inlet Concentration (as for liver model) Bolus - C(t) (Fig. 23 dashed line)
  Outlet Concentration 0 molar
Smeared model:
  Average capillary diameter 0.005 mm
  Capillary wall thickness 0.0005 mm
  Volume fraction 2%
Time steps: 40 × 10 s