Numerical Simulations of the Motion and Deformation of Three RBCs during Poiseuille Flow through a Constricted Vessel Using IB-LBM
Joint Authors
Wei, Yikun
Wang, Rongyang
Wu, Chuanyu
Sun, Liang
Zheng, Wenguang
Source
Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-12, 12 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-02-21
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann method (IB-LBM) was used to examine the motion and deformation of three elastic red blood cells (RBCs) during Poiseuille flow through constricted microchannels.
The objective was to determine the effects of the degree of constriction and the Reynolds (Re) number of the flow on the physical characteristics of the RBCs.
It was found that, with decreasing constriction ratio, the RBCs experienced greater forced deformation as they squeezed through the constriction area compared to at other parts of the microchannel.
It was also observed that a longer time was required for the RBCs to squeeze through a narrower constriction.
The RBCs subsequently regained a stable shape and gradually migrated toward the centerline of the flow beyond the constriction area.
However, a sick RBC was observed to be incapable of passing through a constricted vessel with a constriction ratio ≤1/3 for Re numbers below 0.40.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Wang, Rongyang& Wei, Yikun& Wu, Chuanyu& Sun, Liang& Zheng, Wenguang. 2018. Numerical Simulations of the Motion and Deformation of Three RBCs during Poiseuille Flow through a Constricted Vessel Using IB-LBM. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1132246
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Wang, Rongyang…[et al.]. Numerical Simulations of the Motion and Deformation of Three RBCs during Poiseuille Flow through a Constricted Vessel Using IB-LBM. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1132246
American Medical Association (AMA)
Wang, Rongyang& Wei, Yikun& Wu, Chuanyu& Sun, Liang& Zheng, Wenguang. Numerical Simulations of the Motion and Deformation of Three RBCs during Poiseuille Flow through a Constricted Vessel Using IB-LBM. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1132246
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1132246
