A Two-Dimensional Numerical Investigation of Transport of Malaria-Infected Red Blood Cells in Stenotic Microchannels

Figure 24

Blood velocity profile at the throat of the stenosis for two values of RBC deformability:  Nm (red lines);  Nm (black lines). (a)  μJ/m², 40% stenosis; (b)  μJ/m², 50% stenosis; (c)  μJ/m², 60% stenosis; (d)  μJ/m², 40% stenosis; (e)  μJ/m², 50% stenosis; (f)  μJ/m², 60% stenosis; (g)  μJ/m², 40% stenosis; (h)  μJ/m², 50% stenosis; and (i)  μJ/m², 60% stenosis.

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