Numerical Simulation of Red Blood Cell Suspensions Behind a Moving Interface in a Capillary |
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Authors: | Shihai Zhao & Tsorng-Whay Pan |
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Abstract: | Computational modeling and simulation are presented on the motion of
red blood cells behind a moving interface in a capillary. The methodology is based on an
immersed boundary method and the skeleton structure of the red blood cell (RBC) membrane
is modeled as a spring network. As by the nature of the problem, the computational domain
is moving with either a designated RBC or an interface in an infinitely long two-dimensional
channel with an undisturbed flow field in front of the computational domain. The tanking-treading
and the inclination angle of a cell in a simple shear flow are briefly discussed for the
validation purpose. We then present and discuss the results of the motion of red blood cells behind a moving
interface in a capillary, which show that the RBCs with higher velocity than the interface speed
form a concentrated slug behind the moving interface. |
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Keywords: | Red blood cells moving domain immersed boundary method |
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