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Dissipative particle dynamics simulation of circular and elliptical particles motion in 2D laminar shear flow

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The dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) method is a relatively new computational method for modeling the dynamics of particles in laminar flows at the mesoscale. In this study, we use the DPD approach to model the motion of circular and elliptical particles in a 2D shear laminar flow. Three examples are considered: (i) evaluation of the drag force exerted on a circular particle moving in a stagnant fluid, (ii) rotation of an elliptical particle around its center in a shear flow, and (iii) motion of an ellipsoidal particle in a linear shear flow. For all cases, we found a good agreement with theoretical and finite element solutions available. These results show that the DPD method can effectively be applied to model motion of micro/nano-particles at the mesoscale. The method proposed can be used to predict the performances of intravascularly administered particles for drug delivery and biomedical imaging.

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This research was supported by Ministry of Science and Technological Development of Republic Serbia, TR12007 and OI144028, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston project and EU FP7 ARTreat project.

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  1. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia

    Nenad Filipovic

  2. Research and Development Center for Bioengineering, Kragujevac, Serbia

    Nenad Filipovic & Milos Kojic

  3. Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA

    Nenad Filipovic & Milos Kojic

  4. The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Houston, TX, USA

    Milos Kojic & Mauro Ferrari

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Filipovic, N., Kojic, M. & Ferrari, M. Dissipative particle dynamics simulation of circular and elliptical particles motion in 2D laminar shear flow. Microfluid Nanofluid 10, 1127–1134 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10404-010-0742-9

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