[Effect of decreasing hydrodynamic resistance of a polymer on localization of sclerotic plaques. A model study].
Flow structure and wall shear stress and the changes in these parameters induced by the administration of a drag-reducing polymer polyethylene oxide WSR-301 at a concentration of 10(-5) g/ml were studied in a glass tube with a T-junction by the laser Doppler anemometry technique. The pattern of wall shear stresses is in a good agreement with the data, obtained for rabbits in [1]. For tubes with rigid walls, the location of plaques corresponds to regions of a high wall shear stress.
D000818:Animals; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008422:Materials Testing; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols / Q000737:chemistry*; D011817:Rabbits