Numerical Simulation of Interaction Between Red Blood Cell with Surrounding Fluid in Poiseuille Flow
Year: 2018
Author: Reza Esmaily, Nader Pourmahmoud, Iraj Mirzaee
Advances in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Vol. 10 (2018), Iss. 1 : pp. 62–76
Abstract
In this research, motion and deformation of a red blood cell (RBC) in a microchannel with stenosis is investigated by combined Lattice Boltzmann-Immersed Boundary method. The fluid flow occurs due to the pressure difference between the inlet and the outlet of the microchannel. The immersed boundary algorithm guarantees that there is no relative velocity between the RBC and fluid. Therefore, mass transfer along the immersed border does not occur. It can be seen that the healthy RBC has more deformation and passes the stenosis more easily while the sick one passes the stenosis with less deformation and returns to its initial state faster. Increasing the pressure gradient (i.e., increasing Reynolds number) would cause more deformation of the RBC. It is found that a healthy RBC moves faster than a sick one along the microchannel. Blood pressure increases due to the presence of stenosis and low deformable RBCs. It is the reason of many serious diseases including cardiovascular diseases. The results of this paper were compared to the previous valid results and good agreements were observed.
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Journal Article Details
Publisher Name: Global Science Press
Language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4208/aamm.OA-2016-0146
Advances in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Vol. 10 (2018), Iss. 1 : pp. 62–76
Published online: 2018-01
AMS Subject Headings: Global Science Press
Copyright: COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press
Pages: 15
Keywords: Interaction Poiseuille flow lattice Boltzmann method numerical simulation.
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