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Calculate:
(i) The average blood velocity in the artery.
(ii) The Reynolds number for the blood flow.
radius R = 4.0010-3 m
A = R2 = (4.0010-3)2 = 5.0310-5 m2
Cohesive forces
between molecules
layers of fluid slide past
each other generating
frictional forces
energy dissipated (like Parabolic velocity
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