Modeling and simulation of microfluid effects on deformation behavior of a red blood cell in a capillary

Microvascular Research

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 453-463

  Ye, Ting ^a   Li, Hua ^a   Lam, K Y ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Front tracking method; RBC deformation; SIMPLE algorithm; Two fluid flow

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CELL DENSITY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; ERYTHROCYTE KINETICS; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTE SHAPE; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROFLUIDICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STEADY STATE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISCOSITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CAPILLARIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 78249270701     PISSN: 00262862     EISSN: 10959319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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