Effect of membrane bending stiffness on the deformation of elastic capsules in extensional flow: A lattice Boltzmann study

International Journal of Modern Physics C

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1277-1291

  Sui, Y ^a   Chew, Y T ^a   Roy, P ^a   Low, H T ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bending stiffness; Capsule deformation; Immersed boundary method; Multiblock lattice Boltzmann model

Indexed keywords

EID: 35349014026     PISSN: 01291831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0129183107011315     Document Type: Article

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