Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-1-2003
Journal / Book Title
Computers & Structures
Abstract
Parallel plate chambers are frequently used to examine the response of biological cells to a constant wall shear stress. However, the stress can vary more than 80% across the chamber due to end effects. Earlier estimates of the magnitude of this inhomogeneity used boundary layer theory and experiments. Here, the full equations for steady, three-dimensional flow in a novel parallel plate device were solved numerically and used to identify an active test region where the shear stress is within 5% of a constant value. Endothelial cells can be confined to this region to assure a nearly uniform shear stress exposure.
DOI
10.1016/S0045-7949(02)00416-9
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Chung, Bong Jae; Robertson, A. M.; and Peters, D. G., "The Numerical Design of a Parallel Plate Flow Chamber for Investigation of Endothelial Cell Response to Shear Stress" (2003). Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 127.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/appliedmath-stats-facpubs/127
Published Citation
Chung, B. J., Robertson, A. M., & Peters, D. G. (2003). The numerical design of a parallel plate flow chamber for investigation of endothelial cell response to shear stress. Computers & Structures, 81(8-11), 535-546.