Elastohydrodynamic Scaling Law for Heart Rates

Virot, E; Spandan, V; Niu, L; van Rees, WM; Mahadevan, L

Mahadevan, L (corresponding author), Harvard Univ, John A Paulson Sch Engn & Appl Sci, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA.; Mahadevan, L (corresponding author), Harvard Univ, Dept Phys, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA.; Mahadevan, L (corresponding author), Harvard Univ, Dept Organism & Evolutionary Biol, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA.

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 2020; 125 (5):

Abstract

Animal hearts are soft shells that actively pump blood to oxygenate tissues. Here, we propose an allometric scaling law for the heart rate based on th......

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