Red blood cells interacting with disks in a microchannel:
45 red blood cells interacting with 5 disks in a microchannel:
- The length of the channel is 100 microns and its height is 50 microns.
- The flow is periodic in the horizontal direction.
- The averaged speed is 6.666 cm/sec when there are no cells and disks.
- The diameter of cells = 7.423 microns and the thickness of cells = 2.622 microns.
- The diameter of the disks = 2.8 microns.
- The hematocrit (Hct) is 15.51%.
- The density of fluid is 1 and the viscosity of the fluid is 0.012.
- The mesh size for the velocity field is 1/32.
- The mesh size for the pressure = 1/16.
- The time step=0.00001 ms.
- The averaged speed at t=200 ms in the channel is 5.667 cm/sec (Re=2.361).
- The averaged shear rate on the walls is about 7953/sec at t=200ms.
- The capillary number is 7.232.