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There are many interesting applications of our energy density model to the flow of blood in the human circulatory system. One interesting ph
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There are many interesting applications of our energy density model to the flow of blood in the human circulatory system. One interesting phenomenon is an aneurysm, a sudden abnormal enlargement of a section of an artery due to a weakening of the arterial wall. If the blood flow rate remains constant through the artery, how does the pressure in the enlarged section (the aneurysm) compare to the pressure in the rest of the artery? Neglect any affects of resistance to flow in your explanation.
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Answer:
Pressure increases due to enlargement
Explanation:
Energy density is just a fancy name for pressure
Pressure is same at the bottom of the cups (same level-Pascal’s law)
thus, Air pressure 1 + h1d1g = Air pressure 2 + h2d1g
= Air pressure 3 + (h2-h1)d2g +h1d1g
from the first 2, we get that since h2>h1, AP2<AP1
from the next 2, we get that since d2<d1, AP3>AP2
from first and third, we get that AP1>AP3
thus, finally AP1>AP3>AP2
for fluids flowing in tubes (blood vessel in this case)
P+0.5dv^2 + gh is constant (also called the bernoulli equation
for the same blood vessel, the heights remain same i.e h1=h2
for same flow rate, inc in area decreases the speed at which the blood flows as vA must remain same
hence, P increases due to enlargement
Answer:
Pressure in enlarged portion is greater than remaining portion of artery.
Explanation:
The Bernoullis equation at front and back side of arterial wall is given by: