function out = eta(k)
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% out = eta(k)
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% Helper function
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% (c) 2010-2011 Michele Giugliano, PhD - michele.giugliano@ua.ac.be
% Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp (Belgium)
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global z0;
global D;
global dt dz;
out = (dt * D) ./ (dz^2 * free_area((k-1)*dz+z0));
end