Table 1 Total hydraulic resistance ratio (R = RB/RB’) of branches B and B’ in the three models (Fig. 1), calculated using Eq. 1.

From: Red blood cell phase separation in symmetric and asymmetric microchannel networks: effect of capillary dilation and inflow velocity

 

Hydraulic resistance ratio (B/B’)

Symmetric

1

Dilated

1.20

Stretched

0.67