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Network permeability changes according to a quadratic power law upon removal of a single edge

Soft Condensed Matter 2020-07-21 v1 Fluid Dynamics Tissues and Organs

Abstract

We report an empirical power law for the reduction of network permeability in statistically homogeneous spatial networks upon removal of a single edge. We characterize this power law for plexus-like microvascular sinusoidal networks from liver tissue, as well as perturbed two- and three-dimensional regular lattices. We provide a heuristic argument for the observed power law by mapping arbitrary spatial networks that satisfies Darcy's law on an small-scale resistor network.

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@article{arxiv.2007.10130,
  title  = {Network permeability changes according to a quadratic power law upon removal of a single edge},
  author = {S. Lange and B. M. Friedrich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.10130},
  year   = {2020}
}

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6 pages, 3 figures