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. 2018 Jan 2;150(1):145–168. doi: 10.1085/jgp.201711795

Table 1. Parameter for the reference case.

Parameter Value Units Reference
n, Number of network vessels 400 Kaimovitz et al., 2005
r, Number of network terminal vessels 79 Kaimovitz et al., 2005
Cstr, Vessel tethering strut stiffness (Eq. C3) 2.0 N/mm3 *
C1 (Eq. D5) 30.6 mm−1 Halpern et al., 1978
C0 (Eq. D5) 4.85 kPa Halpern et al., 1978
HD, Hematocrit 0.45 Pries et al., 1994
η, Blood viscosity Diameter dependent Pries et al., 1994
L0, Length scale of metabolic decay, Eq. 6 1.0 mm Hald et al., 2012
Ap, φp, Cp (Eq. 1) As in Table A2 Liao and Kuo, 1997
ρm, φm, Cm (Eq. 2) As in Table A3 Liao and Kuo, 1997
Fτmax, Kτ (Eq. 5) As in Table A4 Liao and Kuo, 1997
qtarget 1.5 × 10−3 mm3/s Tillmanns et al., 1974
P¯in 100 mmHg Algranati et al., 2010
P¯out 41.7 mmHg Algranati et al., 2010

The asterisk indicates that the value of Cstr was selected such that the vessel dynamic stiffness (Eq. D6) yielded smooth variation of vessel compliance with their order and convergence in the solution for all three flow control mechanisms.