著者

杉井 康彦 西尾 茂 岡本 孝司 中野 厚史 南山 求 新見 英幸

出版者

一般社団法人日本機械学会

雑誌

日本機械学會論文集. B編 = Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers. B (ISSN:03875016)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.70, no.691, pp.701-706, 2004-03-25

参考文献数

18

被引用文献数

2

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Blood flow in microvessels, such as arterioles, capillaries and venules, whose diameter ranges from 5 to 50μm, is responsible for the maintenance of tissue and organ functions. The measurement of microvascular blood flow velocity with high measurement accuracy is essential for basic and clinical studies in the assessment of flow shear stress at the vascular wall in relation to substance exchange between blood and tissue. This paper aimed to evaluate the velocity field of blood flow in microvessels with high spatial and temporal resolution. By using micro PIV system, the velocity distributions of red blood cells flowing in rat mesenteric arterioles, including near the wall in the axisymmetric plane, were obtained. Ensemble averaged time-series of velocity profiles in the cross-sections were calculated for comparison. It was shown that the arteriole velocity profile was blunt in the center region of the vessel cross-section while it was steep in the near wall region.