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Table 1.

Parameter for the reference case

Parameter	Value	Units	Reference
n, Number of network vessels	400		Kaimovitz et al., 2005
r, Number of network terminal vessels	79		Kaimovitz et al., 2005
C_str, Vessel tethering strut stiffness (Eq. C3)	2.0	N/mm³	*
C₁ (Eq. D5)	30.6	mm⁻¹	Halpern et al., 1978
C₀ (Eq. D5)	4.85	kPa	Halpern et al., 1978
H_D, Hematocrit	0.45		Pries et al., 1994
η, Blood viscosity	Diameter dependent		Pries et al., 1994
L₀, Length scale of metabolic decay, Eq. 6	1.0	mm	Hald et al., 2012
A_p, φ_p, C_p (Eq. 1)	As in Table A2		Liao and Kuo, 1997
ρ_m, φ_m, C_m (Eq. 2)	As in Table A3		Liao and Kuo, 1997
F_τ_max, K_τ (Eq. 5)	As in Table A4		Liao and Kuo, 1997
q_target	1.5 × 10⁻³	mm³/s	Tillmanns et al., 1974
${\bar{P}}_{i n}$	100	mmHg	Algranati et al., 2010
${\bar{P}}_{o u t}$	41.7	mmHg	Algranati et al., 2010

Parameter	Value	Units	Reference
n, Number of network vessels	400		Kaimovitz et al., 2005
r, Number of network terminal vessels	79		Kaimovitz et al., 2005
C_str, Vessel tethering strut stiffness (Eq. C3)	2.0	N/mm³	*
C₁ (Eq. D5)	30.6	mm⁻¹	Halpern et al., 1978
C₀ (Eq. D5)	4.85	kPa	Halpern et al., 1978
H_D, Hematocrit	0.45		Pries et al., 1994
η, Blood viscosity	Diameter dependent		Pries et al., 1994
L₀, Length scale of metabolic decay, Eq. 6	1.0	mm	Hald et al., 2012
A_p, φ_p, C_p (Eq. 1)	As in Table A2		Liao and Kuo, 1997
ρ_m, φ_m, C_m (Eq. 2)	As in Table A3		Liao and Kuo, 1997
F_τ_max, K_τ (Eq. 5)	As in Table A4		Liao and Kuo, 1997
q_target	1.5 × 10⁻³	mm³/s	Tillmanns et al., 1974
${\bar{P}}_{i n}$	100	mmHg	Algranati et al., 2010
${\bar{P}}_{o u t}$	41.7	mmHg	Algranati et al., 2010

The asterisk indicates that the value of C_str was selected such that the vessel dynamic stiffness (Eq. D6) yielded smooth variation of vessel compliance with their order and convergence in the solution for all three flow control mechanisms.

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