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. 2012 Jun 1;47(5):506-520.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2011.09.025. Epub 2011 Sep 22.

Modeling and numerical simulation of blood flow using the Theory of Interacting Continua

Mehrdad Massoudi  1 , Jeongho Kim, James F Antaki
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Modeling and numerical simulation of blood flow using the Theory of Interacting Continua

Mehrdad Massoudi et al. Int J Non Linear Mech. .

Abstract

In this paper we use a modified form of the mixture theory developed by Massoudi and Rajagopal to study the blood flow in a simple geometry, namely flow between two plates. The blood is assumed to behave as a two-component mixture comprised of plasma and red blood cells (RBCs). The plasma is assumed to behave as a viscous fluid whereas the RBCs are given a granular-like structure where the viscosity also depends on the shear-rate.

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Figure 1
Shear thinning model for viscosity of RBC phase, calibrated to experimental data of Chien et al (1966) (Chien, Usami et al. 1966) for 90% Ht.
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Figure 2
Flow between parallel plates located at Y=−1 and Y=1.
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Figure 3
Effect of Reynolds number (Re) on the plasma velocity (left) and the RBC velocity (right)
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Figure 4
Effect of Reynolds number (Re) on the volume fraction of RBCs
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Figure 5
Effect of average volume fraction (N) on the plasma velocity (left) and the RBC velocity (right), without shear-thinning
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Figure 6
Effect of average volume fraction (N) on the plasma velocity (left) and the RBC velocity (right) with shear-thinning
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Figure 7
Effect of average volume fraction (N) on the volume fraction of RBCs without a shear-thinning (left) and with a shear-thinning (right)
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Figure 8
Effect of the material constant (κ) on the plasma velocity (left) and the RBC velocity (right).
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Figure 9
Effect of the material constant (κ) on the mean velocity of the mixture and the volume fraction of RBCs
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Figure 10
Effect of B31 on the mixture velocity (left) and the volume fraction of RBCs (right).
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Figure 11
Effect of B32 on the mixture velocity (left) and the volume fraction of RBCs (right).
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Figure 12
Effect of dimensionless gravity (G1) on the plasma and RBC velocity profiles (left) and the volume fraction of RBCs (right)
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Figure 13
Effect of combination of dimensionless gravity and shear lift on plasma and RBC velocity profile (left) and the volume fraction of RBCs (right)
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Figure 14
Effect of lift coefficient (C3) on the plasma and RBC velocities (left) and the volume fraction of RBCs (right)
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Figure 15
Effect of lift coefficient (C3) on the plasma and RBC velocities (left) and the volume fraction of RBCs (right)
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Figure 16
Effect of density gradient coefficient (C1) on the plasma velocity (left) and the RBC velocity (right).
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Figure 17
Effect of density gradient coefficient (C1) on the volume fraction of RBCs
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Figure 18
Effect of drag coefficient (C2) on the plasma velocity (left) and the RBC velocity (right)
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Figure 19
Effect of drag coefficient (C2) on the volume fraction of RBCs
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Figure 20
Effect of lift coefficient (C3) on the plasma velocity (left) and the RBC velocity (right)
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Figure 21
Effect of lift coefficient (C3) on the volume fraction of RBCs
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Figure 22
Effect of lift coefficient (C3) on the plasma velocity (left) and the RBC velocity (right)
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Figure 23
Effect of lift coefficient (C3) on the volume fraction of RBCs
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