The role of shear forces in arterial branching.
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- 1 February 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Rockefeller University Press in The Journal of general physiology
- Vol. 67 (2) , 213-222
- https://doi.org/10.1085/jgp.67.2.213
Abstract
A new optimality principle for the branching angles of blood vessels in the cardiovascular system is proposed: the principle of minimum drag. The results are examined and compared with those obtained from the principles of minimum work and minimum volume. In some aspects the new principle is equally consistent with observations, and it is perhaps more plausible than the other 2 principles.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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