Application of Chimera Grid to Modelling Cell Motion and Aggregation in a Narrow Tube

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-10-2007

Abstract

A computational scheme using the Chimera grid method is presented for simulation of three-dimensional motion and aggregation of two red blood cells (RBCs) in a narrow tube. The cells are modelled as rigid ellipsoidal particles; the computational scheme is applicable to deformable fluid-filled particles. Attractive energy between two RBCs is modelled by a depletion interaction theory and used for simulating aggregation of two cells. Through the simulation, we show that the Chimera grid method is applicable to the simulation of three-dimensional motion and aggregation of multiple RBCs in a microvessel and microvascular network.

DOI

10.1002/fld.1251

This document is currently not available here.

Share

COinS