title: Characteristic recovery time of an erythrocyte from an extensional deformation.
abstract: An analytical expression for the characteristic recovery time of an erythrocyte subject to an extensional deformation is derived using a previous nonlinear Kelvin-Voigt model. The recovery time thus obtained depends on the initial deformation in agreement with experimental observations, as a result of the nonlinearity of the model. The validity of the analytical results is confirmed using previous experimental data.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Electronic Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu, Japan.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Lucero
mesh_terms: D002462:Cell Membrane; D004548:Elasticity; D004907:Erythrocyte Deformability; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D016014:Linear Models; D015233:Models, Statistical; D013499:Surface Properties; D013997:Time Factors; D014783:Viscosity