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  • Mathematical modeling
  • Fluid dynamics
  • Biophysics

Background:

  • Vascular networks exhibit complex microstructural features.
  • Understanding blood flow dynamics is crucial for biological systems.
  • Identifying factors promoting flow instability is an ongoing research area.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze mathematical models of vascular networks.
  • To understand how microstructural features influence blood flow dynamics.
  • To identify characteristics promoting self-sustained oscillations in blood flow.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of a simple three-node vascular network motif.
  • Utilized mathematical descriptions for blood rheology and haematocrit splitting.
  • Employed numerical simulations and stability analysis.
  • Investigated system dynamics and multiple steady-state solutions.

Main Results:

  • Network redundancy and differing haemodynamic resistances promote oscillatory dynamics.
  • A Hopf bifurcation leads to oscillatory states from non-trivial steady states.
  • Oscillations require sufficiently different branch diameters for significant redundant vessel flow.
  • A two-parameter stability diagram (branch diameter ratio, inlet haematocrit) delineates oscillatory regimes.

Conclusions:

  • Microstructural properties like network redundancy and varied branch resistance can drive blood flow oscillations.
  • Sufficiently different branch diameters are key to initiating flow oscillations.
  • These findings can help explore sources of flow instability in biological microvascular networks.