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Womersley number: a standalone construct

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Fluid mechanics

dimensionless ratio of pulsatile inertial forces to viscous forces that sets the shape of oscillating flow profiles in arteries.

In fluid mechanics, Womersley number refers to dimensionless ratio of pulsatile inertial forces to viscous forces that sets the shape of oscillating flow profiles in arteries. This meaning comes from Womersley (1955) in The Journal of Physiology.[1]

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References

  1. Womersley, J. R. (1955). Method for the calculation of velocity, rate of flow and viscous drag in arteries when the pressure gradient is known. The Journal of Physiology, 127(3), 553-563. https://doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.1955.sp005276

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