Computer modeling of complex fluid flows usually presents great challenges for
conventional grid-based numerical methods. Smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) is a …

The utilizations of microfluidic chips for single RBC (red blood cell) studies have attracted
great interests in recent years to filter, trap, analyze, and release single erythrocytes for …

Understanding the homing dynamics of individual mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in
physiologically relevant microenvironments is crucial for improving the efficacy of MSC …

Mechanically assisted circulation (MAC) sustains the blood circulation in the body of a
patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) or on ventricular …

The flow through curved microvessels has more realistic applications in physiological
transport phenomena especially in blood flow through capillary and microvessels. Motivated …

The motion of red blood cells (RBCs) in microchannels is important for microvascular blood
flow and biomedical applications such as blood analysis in microfluidics. The current …

Vessel bifurcation is a place where many diseases start, such as the atherosclerosis,
because the flow in this place is complex involving secondary flow and/or stagnation …

The morphological and mechanical characteristics of red blood cells (RBCs) largely vary
depending on the occurrence of hematologic disorders. Variations in the rheological …

A computational study is presented on cross-stream migration and focusing of deformable
capsules in curved microchannels of square and rectangular sections under inertial and non …

Microchannels with curved geometries have been employed for many applications in
microfluidic devices in the past decades. The Dean vortices generated in such geometries …