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Revisiting steady viscous flow of a generalized Newtonian fluid through a slender elastic tube using shell theory
A flow vessel with an elastic wall can deform significantly due to viscous fluid flow within it, even at vanishing Reynolds number (no fluid inertia). Deformation leads to an enhancement of throughput due to the change in cross-sectional area. The latter gives rise to a non-constant pressure gradient in the …