title: A mathematical model of the flow of blood cells in fine capillaries.
abstract: A description of the flow of blood cells in the capillary blood vessels is presented. The model employs the lubrication theory approach first suggested by Lighthill (J. Fluid Mech. 34, 113-143, 1968). The work of previous investigators is extended by taking into account a wider range of the elastic deformations which affect the cell.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Essex, Colchester, U.K.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ducharme
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kapadia
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dowden
mesh_terms: D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000502:physiology; D002196:Capillaries / Q000502:physiology*; D004907:Erythrocyte Deformability / Q000502:physiology; D004910:Erythrocyte Membrane / Q000502:physiology; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D010949:Plasma / Q000502:physiology; D011312:Pressure; D012212:Rheology; D014655:Vascular Resistance / Q000502:physiology; D014783:Viscosity