Metabolic cost sets the shear stress profile of optimal vascular trees
Genaro Vázquez‐Victorio, Enrique Hernandez Lemus, Alejandra Cervera, Laura Gómez-Romero, Hugo Tovar, Daniel Pérez‐Calixto
This paper derives a metabolic cost-based model for optimal vascular tree shear stress profiles and shows how staged growth and fluctuating demand influence vascular topology.
bioRxiv · Oct 5, 2026 · PreprintBiophysics