Conditions of flow at interfaces with flexible walls.
It is shown that the presence of highly deformable surface layers of low elastic modulus produce effects in flow that tend to reduce throughout. This phenomenon seems to be due to the generation of surface waves and a corresponding fluid zone into which these waves are also partially propagated. Experiments are summarized that are consistent with this point of view. The implications for arterial and other blood flow are discussed.
D001158:Arteries / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008433:Mathematics; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012212:Rheology
D046911:Macromolecular Substances