Biophysical Journal 6: 697-716 (1966)
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Wave Transmission through an Assembly of Randomly Branching Elastic Tubes

ABSTRACT

Calculations are presented of the transmission of oscillations through an assembly of randomly branching elastic tubes, as a model of not only the major arteries, but also a peripheral vascular bed. It appears that the viscosity of the arterial wall must be the major source of attenuation in the larger arteries, while the viscosity of the blood plays a significant role only in the smaller vessels. In all situations, variations of cross-sectional area have a considerable effect on wave transmission, causing a general decrease in amplitude and an accentuation of reflection from the terminations. The effects of variation in cross-sectional area are sufficiently great to indicate that they should be included in future models of the arterial system. Finally, it is argued that because of the presence of random branching and elastic nonuniformity, the determination of the reflection coefficient for a system such as the arterial tree may be quite misleading.

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