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Plaque builds up on the walls of an artery decreasing its diameter from 1.16 cm to 0.66 cm. If the flow speed is 12.5 cm/s before reaching the region of plaque buildup, determine the following.
(a) speed at which blood is traveling through the
plaque-constricted region
cm/s
(b) pressure change within the plaque-constricted region. (Assume
the density of blood is 1050 kg/m3. Be sure to include
the appropriate sign with your answer.)
a)By equation of continuity
=
=area of cross section at diameter 1.16cm
== = d=diameter=1.16cm
=velocity at diameter 1.16cm
=12.5cm/s
=area of cross section at diameter 0.66cm
== =
=velocity at costriction=?
=
=/=x12.5/=38.61cm/s=0.3861m/s
b)by Bernoullis theorem,
/+/2=/+/2
Hence (-)/=/2-/2
=density=1050
=12.5cm/s=0.125m/s
=0.3861m/s
-=pressure difference=?
(-)/=/2-/2
(-)=(-)/2=1050x(-)/2=70.06Pascal