(II) Calculate the pressure drop per cm along the aorta

Solution 55P:

        We have to determine at what rate do the pressure drop per unit length along the aorta as the blood flow.

Step 1 of 3

Concept:

Continuity principle: For the streamline flow of fluid, the quantity of liquid flowing per unit time or the rate of flow through the cross sectional areafor the fluid moving with velocity is given as,

                                                                …(1)

Poiseuille’s Equation: The rate of flow of fluid having viscosity across a pipe of length, radius with the pressure difference at both the end is given as,

                                                                               …(2)