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Visually Based Characterization of the Incipient Particle Motion in Regular Substrates: From Laminar to Turbulent Conditions
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Measurement and calculations of laminar flow in a ninety degree bifurcation

D Liepsch, S Moravec, A K Rastogi

    Journal of Biomechanics
    |January 1, 1982
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