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Table 2 Fluid flow parameters

From: Development of a 3D finite element model of lens microcirculation

Symbol

Description

Value

Units

R

Gas-constant

8.314 × 103

pJ/(nmol.K)

ε0

Permittivity-of-vacuum5

8.854

pF/m

εr

Dielectric-constant-(water)5

80.4

 

h ˜

Extracellular-cleft-width2

40

nm

μ

Fluid-viscosity

700

mPa.ms

ζ

Zeta-potential1

−15

mV

λD

Debye-length2

1

nm

Lp

Intercellular-hydraulic-permeability3

4.0 × 10−8

m/(Pa.s)

Lf

Fibre-cell-membrane-hydraulic-permeability3

4.0 × 10−8

m/(Pa.s)

Ls

Surface-hydraulic-permeability3

2.7 × 10−7

m/(Pa.s)

σ

Intercellular-membrane-reflectance1

1

 

K ˜ e

Extracellular-hydraulic-conductivity

3.05 × 10−14

m2/(Pa.s)

k ˜ e

Extracellular-electro-osmotic-coefficient

1.45 × 10−8

m2/(Vs)

  1. References: 1. Mathias (1985) [2]; 2. McLaughlin & Mathias (1985) [36]; 3. Varadaraj et al. (2005) [35]; 4. Mathias et al. (1997) [3]; 5. http://www.wikipedia.org