Research Article

Dissipative Coupling of Fluid and Immersed Objects for Modelling of Cells in Flow

Table 3

The simulation results of terminal velocity (given in ) and balancing force (given in ) experiments for different ellipsoids put in axial and transverse flow.

EllipsoidFlowKTerminal velocityBalancing force
Exp Sim (%)Exp Sim (%)

10.9050.005080.005070.190.7870.788−0.14 %
20.8670.003980.00407−2.361.0050.9832.27
30.8670.002650.00274−3.361.5081.4563.45
41.1530.002390.002351.771.6711.691−1.25
51.1020.004180.004121.250.9580.969−1.17
61.1530.002000.001914.042.0052.066−3.05
10.7930.005800.005623.200.6890.712−3.26
20.6820.005060.004903.020.7910.817−3.35
30.6820.003370.003350.691.1871.195−0.70
41.2880.002140.002140.271.8661.8580.43
51.1940.003850.00386−0.201.0381.0350.28
61.2880.001790.001723.692.0052.066−3.05