Rheology of red blood cell aggregation by computer simulation

Y Liu, WK Liu - Journal of Computational Physics, 2006 - Elsevier
The aggregation of red blood cells (RBC) induced by the interactions between RBCs is a
dominant factor of the in vitro rheological properties of blood, and existing models of blood …

Coupling of Navier–Stokes equations with protein molecular dynamics and its application to hemodynamics

Y Liu, L Zhang, X Wang, WK Liu - International Journal for …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
The red blood cell (RBC) aggregation plays an important role in many physiological
phenomena, in particular the atherosclerosis and thrombotic processes. In this research, we …

Large scale simulation of red blood cell aggregation in shear flows

D Xu, E Kaliviotis, A Munjiza, E Avital, C Ji… - Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Aggregation of highly deformable red blood cells (RBCs) significantly affects the blood flow
in the human circulatory system. To investigate the effect of deformation and aggregation of …

Two-dimensional simulation of red blood cell deformation and lateral migration in microvessels

TW Secomb, B Styp-Rekowska, AR Pries - Annals of biomedical …, 2007 - Springer
A theoretical method is used to simulate the motion and deformation of mammalian red
blood cells (RBCs) in microvessels, based on knowledge of the mechanical characteristics …

Numerical simulation of the flow-induced deformation of red blood cells

C Pozrikidis - Annals of biomedical engineering, 2003 - Springer
A theoretical model is presented for describing the flow-induced deformation of red blood
cells. The cells are modeled as deformable liquid capsules enclosed by a membrane that is …

Dynamic motion of red blood cells in simple shear flow

Y Sui, YT Chew, P Roy, YP Cheng, HT Low - Physics of Fluids, 2008 - pubs.aip.org
A three-dimensional numerical model is proposed to simulate the dynamic motion of red
blood cells (RBCs) in simple shear flow. The RBCs are approximated by ghost cells …

Multiscale modeling of blood flow: from single cells to blood rheology

DA Fedosov, H Noguchi, G Gompper - Biomechanics and modeling in …, 2014 - Springer
Mesoscale simulations of blood flow, where the red blood cells are described as deformable
closed shells with a membrane characterized by bending rigidity and stretching elasticity …

Flow-dependent rheological properties of blood in capillaries

TW Secomb - Microvascular research, 1987 - Elsevier
Velocity-dependent flow of human red blood cells in capillaries with inside diameters of 4 to
8 μm is described theoretically. Cells are assumed to flow in single file, with axisymmetric …

Red blood cell mechanics and capillary blood rheology

TW Secomb - Cell Biophysics, 1991 - Springer
Blood contains a high vol fraction of erythrocytes (red blood cells), which strongly influence
its flow properties. Much is known about the mechanical properties of red cells, providing a …

Red blood cell: from its mechanics to its motion in shear flow

A Viallat, M Abkarian - International journal of laboratory …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
There is a number of publications on red blood cell deformability, that is, on the remarkable
cell ability to change its shape in response to an external force and to pass through the …