ABSTRACT
In this chapter, we will discuss some applications of hydrostatics and steady žow models to describe blood žow in arteries. Even though the žow in the human circulatory system is unsteady, particularly at the pre-capillary level, steady žow models do provide some insight into the aspects of žow through the arteries and some useful applications can be found using the steady žow models. As would be expected, steady žow models are also simpler to use because of the absence of time variations in the governing equations (cf. the equations of motion, Equations 1.43a through 1.43c). Steady žow models also avoid the complexity of having a moving interface between the blood and the vessel wall as the artery distends in response to pulsatile pressure.
