Theory to predict shear stress on cells in turbulent blood flow.

Shear stress on blood cells and platelets transported in a turbulent flow dictates the fate and biological activity of these cells. We present a theoretical link between energy dissipation in turbulent flows to the shear stress that cells experience and show that for the case of physiological turbul...

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Main Authors: Khandakar Niaz Morshed, David Bark, Marcio Forleo, Lakshmi Prasad Dasi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4149426?pdf=render