Human red blood cell behavior under homogeneous extensional flow in a hyperbolic-shaped microchannel

T Yaginuma, MSN Oliveira, R Lima, T Ishikawa… - …, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
It is well known that certain pathological conditions result in a decrease of red blood cells
(RBCs) deformability and subsequently can significantly alter the blood flow in …

Deformation of spherical compound capsules in simple shear flow

ZY Luo, L He, BF Bai - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2015 - cambridge.org
The deformation of a compound capsule (an elastic capsule with a smaller capsule inside)
in simple shear flow is studied by using three-dimensional numerical simulations based on a …

Drag force on a microrobot propelled through blood

C Wu, T Omori, T Ishikawa - Communications Physics, 2024 - nature.com
Controlling microrobot locomotion in vessels and capillaries is crucial for precise drug
delivery and minimally invasive surgeries. However, this is challenging due to the complex …

A multigrid method for kernel functions acting on interacting structures with applications to biofluids

W Liu, MW Rostami - Journal of Computational Physics, 2023 - Elsevier
Simulating the dynamics of discretized interacting structures whose relationship is dictated
by a kernel function gives rise to a large dense matrix. We propose a multigrid solver for …

Flow-induced damage to blood cells in aortic valve stenosis

K Vahidkhah, D Cordasco, M Abbasi, L Ge… - Annals of biomedical …, 2016 - Springer
Valvular hemolysis and thrombosis are common complications associated with stenotic
heart valves. This study aims to determine the extent to which hemodynamics induce such …

Numerical methods for simulating blood flow at macro, micro, and multi scales

Y Imai, T Omori, Y Shimogonya, T Yamaguchi… - Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
In the past decade, numerical methods for the computational biomechanics of blood flow
have progressed to overcome difficulties in diverse applications from cellular to organ …

Active droplet driven by a collective motion of enclosed microswimmers

Z Huang, T Omori, T Ishikawa - Physical Review E, 2020 - APS
Active fluids containing self-propelled particles are relevant for applications such as self-
mixing, micropum**, and targeted drug delivery. With a confined boundary, active fluids …

Effects of membrane viscoelasticity on the red blood cell dynamics in a microcapillary

A Gürbüz, OS Pak, M Taylor, MV Sivaselvan, F Sachs - Biophysical Journal, 2023 - cell.com
The mechanical properties of red blood cells (RBCs) play key roles in their biological
functions in microcirculation. In particular, RBCs must deform significantly to travel through …

[KNIHA][B] Computational Blood Cell Mechanics: Road Towards Models and Biomedical Applications

I Cimrak, I Jancigova - 2018 - taylorfrancis.com
Simulating blood cells for biomedical applications is a challenging goal. Whether you want
to investigate blood flow behavior on the cell scale, or use a blood cell model for fast …

Pairwise hydrodynamic interactions and diffusion in a vesicle suspension

PY Gires, A Srivastav, C Misbah, T Podgorski… - Physics of …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
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