Three-dimensional simulation of elastic capsules in shear flow by the penalty immersed boundary method

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 231, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3340-3364

  Huang, Wei Xi ^a,b   Chang, Cheong Bong ^a   Sung, Hyung Jin ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Elastic capsule; Fluid structure interaction; Penalty immersed boundary method; Red blood cell; Subdivision surface

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; MEMBRANES; MESH GENERATION; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; SHEAR FLOW; SPHERES; TURBULENT FLOW;

BENDING MODULI; ELASTIC CAPSULES; FLUID MOTIONS; FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; IMMERSED BOUNDARY METHODS; PENALTY IMMERSED BOUNDARY METHOD; RED BLOOD CELL; SHEAR-RATE; SPHERICAL CAPSULE; SUBDIVISION SURFACES;

SHEAR DEFORMATION;

EID: 84862828148     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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