Smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) for complex fluid flows: Recent developments in methodology and applications

T Ye, D Pan, C Huang, M Liu - Physics of Fluids, 2019‏ - pubs.aip.org
Computer modeling of complex fluid flows usually presents great challenges for
conventional grid-based numerical methods. Smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) is a …

Blood flow in the microcirculation

TW Secomb - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2017‏ - annualreviews.org
The microcirculation is an extensive network of microvessels that distributes blood flow
throughout living tissues. Reynolds numbers are much less than 1, and the equations of …

A computational study of red blood cell deformability effect on hemodynamic alteration in capillary vessel networks

S Ebrahimi, P Bagchi - Scientific reports, 2022‏ - nature.com
Capillary blood vessels, the smallest vessels in the body, form an intricate network with
constantly bifurcating, merging and winding vessels. Red blood cells (RBCs) must navigate …

[HTML][HTML] Regardless of etiology, progressive renal disease causes ultrastructural and functional alterations of peritubular capillaries

J Bábíčková, BM Klinkhammer, EM Buhl, S Djudjaj… - Kidney international, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Progressive renal diseases are associated with rarefaction of peritubular capillaries, but the
ultrastructural and functional alterations of the microvasculature are not well described. To …

The influence of size, shape and vessel geometry on nanoparticle distribution

J Tan, S Shah, A Thomas, HD Ou-Yang… - Microfluidics and …, 2013‏ - Springer
Nanoparticles (NPs) are emerging as promising carrier platforms for targeted drug delivery
and imaging probes. To evaluate the delivery efficiency, it is important to predict the …

A computational approach to modeling cellular-scale blood flow in complex geometry

P Balogh, P Bagchi - Journal of computational physics, 2017‏ - Elsevier
We present a computational methodology for modeling cellular-scale blood flow in arbitrary
and highly complex geometry. Our approach is based on immersed-boundary methods …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of red blood cell partitioning at bifurcations in simulated microvascular networks

P Balogh, P Bagchi - Physics of Fluids, 2018‏ - pubs.aip.org
Partitioning of red blood cells (RBCs) at vascular bifurcations has been studied over many
decades using in vivo, in vitro, and theoretical models. These studies have shown that RBCs …

The cell-free layer in microvascular blood flow

S Kim, PK Ong, O Yalcin, M Intaglietta… - …, 2009‏ - journals.sagepub.com
This review discusses the cell-free layer at the wall of the microcirculatory vessels with
emphasis on the influence of blood rheological parameters on its formation as well as its …

Mechanisms of coronary sinus reducer for treatment of myocardial ischemia: in silico study

H Wang, L Fan, JS Choy… - Journal of Applied …, 2024‏ - journals.physiology.org
The coronary sinus reducer (CSR) is an emerging medical device for treating patients with
refractory angina, often associated with myocardial ischemia. Patients implanted with CSR …

Direct numerical simulation of cellular-scale blood flow in 3D microvascular networks

P Balogh, P Bagchi - Biophysical journal, 2017‏ - cell.com
We present, to our knowledge, the first direct numerical simulation of 3D cellular-scale blood
flow in physiologically realistic microvascular networks. The vascular networks are designed …