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

Figure 7

Rotational motions of healthy RBC ((a) and (c)) and sick RBC ((b) and (d)) in Poiseuille flows. The initially thwart-wise RBCs are positioned near the bottom lateral wall of the channel. ((a) and (b)) Current numerical simulation and ((c) and (d)) numerical results of [9].

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