Research Article
An Investigation on the Aggregation and Rheodynamics of Human Red Blood Cells Using High Performance Computations
Table 2
Physical properties of the fluid (plasma) and solid (RBC).
| | Property | Symbol | Value |
| | Fluid density | | 1025 kg/m3 | | Fluid viscosity | | 1.46 × 10−6 m2/s | | Shear rate | | 10 s−1, 60 s−1, 100 s−1 | | Reynolds number | Re | 6.16 × 10−4–6.16 × 10−2 | | Gravity | | 9.81 m/s2 | | Hematocrit | Ht | 45% | | RBC density | | 1125 kg/m3 | | RBC diameter | | 8.0 µm | | RBC thickness | | 2.24 µm | | Membrane modulus | | 2.57 × 106 dyn/cm2 | | Membrane modulus | | 2.57 × 105 dyn/cm2 | | Work of adhesion | | 8 µJ |
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