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Simulation of the motion of an individual erythrocyte in a narrow capillary

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The motion of an individual deformable erythrocyte in a capillary whose diameter is smaller than the particle diameter has been considered. The problem formulation is based on the Lighthill-Fitzgerald model. The erythrocyte drag at a given pressure difference acting on its frontal surface has been determined. The dependences of the relative drag on the dimensionless parameters of the model as well as on the minimum thickness of the lubricating layer and the rate of motion of the erythrocyte on the pressure at opposite edges of the cell have been obtained.

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  1. A. V. Luikov Heat and Mass Transfer Institute, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 15 P. Brovka Str., Minsk, 220072, Belarus

    Z. P. Shul’man, A. A. Makhanek & S. A. Gubarev

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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 78, No. 5, pp. 5–9, September–October, 2005.

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Shul’man, Z.P., Makhanek, A.A. & Gubarev, S.A. Simulation of the motion of an individual erythrocyte in a narrow capillary. J Eng Phys Thermophys 78, 839–843 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10891-006-0001-9

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