Table 1. Parameter for the reference case.
Parameter | Value | Units | Reference |
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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 |
100 | mmHg | Algranati et al., 2010 | |
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.