Characterization of Blood Flow in Capillaries by Numerical Simulation
Characterization of Blood Flow in Capillaries by Numerical Simulation作者机构:不详
出 版 物:《Journal of Modern Physics》 (现代物理(英文))
年 卷 期:2010年第1卷第6期
页 面:349-356页
学科分类:1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学]
主 题:Numerical Simulation Blood Flow Dynamics Red Blood Cell Capillary Rheology
摘 要:This paper presents a numerical investigation of the axisymmetric, pressure driven motion of single file erythrocyte (i.e., red blood cell) suspensions flowing in capillaries of diameter 8-11 μm. Our study success-fully recreates several important in vivo hemodynamic and hemorheological properties of microscopic blood flow, such as parachute shape of the cells, blunt velocity profile, and the Fahraeus effect, and they have been shown to have strong dependence on cell deformability, hematocrit and vessel size.