A mathematical model of the flow of blood cells in fine capillaries.
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.
Ducharme
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Department of Physics, University of Essex, Colchester, U.K.
Kapadia
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Dowden
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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