Question: Consider a saline bag with volume V = 3 L hung above a patient with the height H = 0 . 5 m . The

Consider a saline bag with volume V=3L hung above a patient with the height H=0.5m. The density and of the saline =1.05gcm3 and the viscosity of the saline =1.2mPa*s, respectively. The plastic tube AB in circular shape with inner radius R=0.2mm and length L=1m is used to deliver the saline to the patient, as show in the right figure. The gravity constant g=9.8Nkg.
a) Ignore the height of the saline bag itself, please compute the hydraulic pressure PA at the turning point A.
b) We assume the exit point B keeps the same height as turning point A . At point B the saline is injected into patient's vein, and reduced to the same pressure in vein. The typical vein blood pressure is 10 mmHg , and 1mmHg=133.322Pa, please determine the exit point pressure PB.
c) The driving pressure of saline flow in plastic tube AB is just the difference between hydraulic pressure PA and exit point pressure PB computed in a) and b). For a Poiseuille steady flow, the flow rate Q of the circular tube AB has already been derived by you in Problem 1 as Q=f(R,G,), where G is the pressure gradient along flow direction in plastic tube AB , and we assume G can be estimated as G=PA-PBL. Please compute the flow rate Q.
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d) Based on the computed steady flow rate Q and saline volume V, please compute the drain-out time for the saline infusion to the patient.
e) Based on the flow shear stress =f(r,G,) you derive in Q1-b), please compute the flow shear stress value at r=R=0.2mm in the circular plastic tube.
Consider a saline bag with volume V = 3 L hung

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