Simulating Soft-Sphere Margination in Arterioles and Venules
Computational Physics
2018-01-30 v1 Biological Physics
Abstract
In this paper, we deploy a Lattice Boltzmann - Particle Dynamics (LBPD) method to dissect the transport properties within arterioles and venules. First, the numerical approach is applied to study the transport of Red Blood Cells (RBC) through plasma and validated by means of comparison with the experimental data in the seminal work by F{\aa}hr{\ae}us and Lindqvist. Then, the presence of micro-scale, soft spheres within the blood flow is considered: the evolution in time of the position of such spheres is studied, in order to highlight the presence of possible \textit{margination} effects. The results of the simulations and the evaluation of the computational eff
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@article{arxiv.1801.09218,
title = {Simulating Soft-Sphere Margination in Arterioles and Venules},
author = {Giacomo Falcucci and Simone Melchionna and Paolo Decuzzi and Sauro Succi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.09218},
year = {2018}
}