Parallel simulation of cellular flow in microvessels using a particle method

Journal of Biomechanical Science and Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-71

  Alizadehrad, Davod ^a   Imai, Yohsuke ^a   Nakaaki, Keita ^a   Ishikawa, Takuji ^a   Yamaguchi, Takami ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell depleted peripheral layer; F hr us effect; Large scale simulation; Microcirculation; Red blood cell

Indexed keywords

BLOOD COMPONENT; CELL-DEPLETED PERIPHERAL LAYER; CELLULAR FLOW; CPU CORES; DISTRIBUTED MEMORY SYSTEMS; FINITE NUMBER; LARGE SCALE SIMULATIONS; LAYER THICKNESS; LINEAR SPEED-UP; MICROVESSELS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PARALLEL IMPLEMENTATIONS; PARALLEL SIMULATIONS; PARTICLE METHODS; QUANTITATIVE VALIDATION; RED BLOOD CELL; SPRING NETWORKS;

BLOOD; CELLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION METHODS; MICROCIRCULATION;

BLOOD VESSELS;

EID: 84860805789     PISSN: 18809863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1299/jbse.7.57     Document Type: Article

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