A note on “Effects of couple stresses on the blood flow through an artery with mild stenosis”

Article type: Letter

Authors: Pralhad, R.N.

Affiliations: Department of Applied Mathematics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India

Note: [] Accepted by: Editor-in-Chief A. Silberberg

Abstract: Some errors have been observed in the analytical expression for the resistance to flow (λR), and in the computation of shear stress distribution (τR) in the analysis of Prawal Sinha and Chandan Singh (1). These errors have been rectified in the present analysis. Also, better values have been suggested for the couple stress parameter α¯ for getting better results for λR and τR.

Keywords: Blood flow, Stenosis, Couple stress fluid, Hemodynamics

DOI: 10.3233/BIR-1990-27616

Journal: Biorheology, vol. 27, no. 6, pp. 971-974, 1990