Blood of density 1,060 kg/m3 and viscosity 0.0034 Pa/s flows through an aorta with radius 0.013 m.  The heart beats at a rate of 73 beats/min.  A laboratory model of the aorta, consists of pumping water of density 999 kg/m3 and viscosity 0.0011 Pa/s flowing through a pipe of radius 0.010 m.  In order to achieve Womersley number similarity calculate the period of the in-vitro cycle. Give your answer in seconds.

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Blood of density 1,060 kg/m3 and viscosity 0.0034 Pa/s flows through an aorta with radius 0.013 m.  The heart beats at a rate of 73 beats/min.  A laboratory model of the aorta, consists of pumping water of density 999 kg/m3 and viscosity 0.0011 Pa/s flowing through a pipe of radius 0.010 m.  In order to achieve Womersley number similarity calculate the period of the in-vitro cycle. Give your answer in seconds.

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