Blood Rheology Homework

PE-674, Winter '99-'00, Dr. C. S. Tritt

Due 12/9

1. Qualitatively describe the velocity distribution in fully developed flow in a round tube based on the Casson equation for blood rheology.

2. Qualitatively describe the Fahraeus effect (including the mechanism that causes it).

3. Qualitatively describe the Fahraeus-Lindquist effect (including the mechanism that causes it).