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Murray's law: a standalone construct

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Cardiovascular engineering

rule that vessel branching minimizes pumping plus blood volume cost, so the cube of a parent radius equals the sum of daughter cubes.

In cardiovascular engineering, Murray's law refers to rule that vessel branching minimizes pumping plus blood volume cost, so the cube of a parent radius equals the sum of daughter cubes. This meaning comes from Murray (1926) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.[1]

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References

Murray, C. D. (1926). The Physiological Principle of Minimum Work: I. The Vascular System and the Cost of Blood Volume. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 12(3), 207-214. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.12.3.207

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