Numerical Simulations of the Motion and Deformation of Three RBCs during Poiseuille Flow through a Constricted Vessel Using IB-LBM

<table class="figure-group"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/cmmm/volume-2018/9425375/figures/9425375.fig.0013a.svgz" name="9425375.fig.0013a" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(a) </b>Length-to-diameter</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/cmmm/volume-2018/9425375/figures/9425375.fig.0013b.svgz" name="9425375.fig.0013b" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(b) </b>Width-to-diameter</td></tr></table>

<div>Variations of the (a) length-to-diameter and (b) width-to-diameter ratios of healthy RBCs during Poiseuille flow through microchannels with different degrees of constriction.</div>

Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine

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Figure 13: Numerical Simulations of the Motion and Deformation of Three RBCs during Poiseuille Flow through a Constricted Vessel Using IB-LBM 