Computer Simulation Study of Collective Phenomena in Dense Suspensions of Red Blood Cells under Shear
The rheology of dense red blood cell suspensions is investigated via computer simulations based on the lattice Boltzmann, the immersed boundary, and the finite element methods. The red blood cells are treated as extended and deformable particles immersed
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Timm Krüger
Computer Simulation Study of Collective Phenomena in Dense Suspensions of Red Blood Cells under Shear
Timm Krüger Düsseldorf, Germany
ISBN 978-3-8348-2375-5 DOI 10.1007/978-3-8348-2376-2
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Blut ist ein ganz besondrer Saft. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Faust)
Abstract Understanding the rheology of blood has been a scientific task for nearly one century—for good reasons. On the one hand, blood is vital for the human body, and some diseases like malaria or sickle-cell anemia interfere with its proper functioning. On the other hand, blood is an example for a dense suspension. Up to now, the rheological and dynamical properties of such complex fluids is not completely understood. For this reason, investigating the properties of dense suspensions in general and those of deformable particle suspensions in particular is of paramount i
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