Figure 3: Velocity distribution of blood flow for diameter 500 µm and constant permeability. (a) Porosity =0.5. (b) Porosity =1. Variable Re (0.1, 1, 5).
Flow characteristics when blood flows through vessels in porous medium consideration were studied. The velocity distribution of blood flow using two different values of the porosity factor in the cases of a constant permeability for three different values of Reynolds number is shown in Figures 3(a) and 3(b), respectively. It is noted that in the case of constant permeability and the types of porosity, the velocity of blood flow increases as the porosity factor decreases. Moreover, it is shown from the figures that the magnitude of width of the plug flow region (flatness of the velocity profile) decreases as the porosity factor decreases.