🎬Hagen-Poiseuille flow-or called Poiseuille flow through a circular pipe

The Poiseuille flow demonstrations is the profound influence of pipe geometry on fluid dynamics: The volumetric flow rate ( QQ ) is critically dependent on the pipe's internal radius ( RR ) raised to the fourth power ( R4R^4 ). This means that while factors like the pressure gradient ( ΔP/L\Delta P / L ) and fluid viscosity ( μ\mu ) exhibit a linear relationship with flow, even minor changes in the radius-such as those caused by plaque buildup in arteries or subtle variations in manufactured pipe size-result in disproportionately large impacts on the resulting flow, demanding significantly greater pumping power to compensate for reduced capacity.

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