Effect of drag-reducing polymer on the location of plaques. A model study

Authors
Polyakova, MS Kukley, M Senashenko, MA Gannushkina, IV
Citation
Ms. Polyakova et al., Effect of drag-reducing polymer on the location of plaques. A model study, BIOFIZIKA, 44(1), 1999, pp. 132-136
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Biochemistry & Biophysics
Journal title
BIOFIZIKA
ISSN journal
00063029 → ACNP
Volume
44
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
132 - 136
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-3029(199901/02)44:1<132:EODPOT>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Flow structure and wall shear stress and the changes in these parameters in duced by the administration of a drag-reducing polymer polyethylene oxide W SR-301 at a concentration of 10(-5) g/ml were studied in a glass tube with a T-junction by the laser Doppler anemometry technique. The pattern of wall shear stresses is in a good agreement with the data, obtained for rabbits in [1]. For tubes with rigid walls, the location of plaques corresponds to regions of a high wall shear stress.