title: Pressure/flow relationships in collapsible tubes; effects of upstream pressure fluctuations.
abstract: An experimental investigation has been made on the pressure/flow behaviour of a collapsible tube. Of particular interest are the effects of upstream pressure fluctuations on the mean pressure/flow relationships. These mean pressure/flow relationships were found to exhibit features generally similar to the steady-flow situation, including flow limitation where the flow rate becomes independent of the driving pressure during the tube-collapsed phase. However, the tube collapsed under a higher downstream pressure and the maximum flow rate was reduced, when either the frequency or amplitude of the upstream pressure fluctuations was increased.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical & Production Engineering, National University of Singapore.
authors.forename: H T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Low
authors.forename: Y T
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Chew
mesh_terms: D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D011312:Pressure; D012212:Rheology