Abstract: This study reformulates Murray's wellknown principle of minimum work as applied to the cardiovascular system to include the effects of the shearthinning rheology of blood. The viscous behavior is described using the extended ...

Abstract: This paper reports the results of a numerical study that determined the Nusselt number for hydrodynamically and thermally fully developed, laminar, dissipative flows of pseudoplastic and dilatant fluids through circular ...

Abstract: Arteriovenous fistulae are surgically created to provide adequate access for dialysis patients suffering from endstage renal disease. It has long been hypothesized that the rapid blood vessel remodeling occurring after ...