Research Article

Pulsatile Flow of Two-Fluid Nonlinear Models for Blood Flow through Catheterized Arteries: A Comparative Study

Table 1

Estimates of the increase in the longitudinal impedance for two-fluid H-B model and two-fluid Casson model with effects on the catheterization and yield stress with R1=0.95, A=α=αH=αC=0.5, and t=45°.

Catheter radius ratio k Two-fluid H-B model with n=0.95Two-fluid Casson model
  θ=0.1    θ=0.15    θ=0.2    θ=0.25    θ=0.1    θ=0.15    θ=0.2    θ=0.25

  0.1    1.336    1.353    1.372    1.392    1.423    1.439    1.450    1.458  
  0.2    1.714    1.752    1.793    1.839    1.994    2.029    2.055    2.069  
  0.3    2.243    2.315    2.397    2.491    2.892    2.959    3.004    3.022  
  0.4    3.023    3.168    3.329    3.519    4.456    4.577    4.642    4.652  
  0.5    4.257    4.529    4.857    5.262    7.478    7.679    7.753    7.864