Spheres in the vicinity of a bifurcation: Elucidating the Zweifach-Fung effect

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 674, Issue , 2011, Pages 359-388

  Doyeux, V ^a   Podgorski, T ^a   Peponas, S ^a   Ismail, M ^a   Coupier, G ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

blood flow; microfluidics; particle fluid flows

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BLOOD; FLOW RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; MICROFLUIDICS;

BLOOD FLOW; EQUAL FLOW; HIGH-FLOW RATE; PARTICLE/FLUID FLOWS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL SIMULATIONS;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

BIFURCATION; BLOOD; FLUID FLOW; PARTICLE MOTION;

EID: 79956053264     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112010006567     Document Type: Article

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