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Poiseuille flow

 
Sci-Tech Dictionary: Poiseuille flow
(pwä′zə·ē ′flō)

(fluid mechanics) The steady flow of an incompressible fluid parallel to the axis of a circular pipe of infinite length, produced by a pressure gradient along the pipe.


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Laminar flow of a fluid, such as blood, through a long tube with a circular cross-section.

 
 

 

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