Research Article
A Two-Dimensional Numerical Investigation of Transport of Malaria-Infected Red Blood Cells in Stenotic Microchannels
Table 1
Parameters used for the simulations.
| | Parameter | Symbol | Value |
| | Blood plasma density | | 1.0 g/cm3 | | Blood plasma viscosity | | 1.2 cp | | Aggregating energy constant | | 0.01, 0.1, 1.0 μJ/m | | Scaling factor | | 80 μm−1 | | Reference length | | 0.49 μm | | Spring constants for red blood cell membrane | | 3.0 × 10−13, 3.0 × 10−12 Nm | | Length of the channel | | 140 μm | | Radius of inlet (outlet) | | 30 μm | | Grid size | | 1/64 μm | | Time step | | 1 × 10−5 ms−1 |
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