Red blood cells in a microchannel with a constriction:
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Four red blood cells in a microchannel with a constriction:
- The length of the channel is 80 microns and its height is 10 microns.
- The flow is periodic in the horizontal direction.
- The height (resp. width) of the narrow part is 5 microns (resp., 10 microns).
- The diameter of cells = 7.65 microns and the thickness of cells = 1.986 microns.
- The density of fluid is 1 and the viscosity of the fluid is 0.012.
- The averaged speed at t=3.2 ms in the larger channel is 1.5055 cm/sec (Re=0.0627).
- The averaged speed at t=3.2 ms in the narrow channel is 0.7585 cm/sec (Re=0.0632).