title: Modeling and numerical simulation of blood flow using the Theory of Interacting Continua.
abstract: In this paper we use a modified form of the mixture theory developed by Massoudi and Rajagopal to study the blood flow in a simple geometry, namely flow between two plates. The blood is assumed to behave as a two-component mixture comprised of plasma and red blood cells (RBCs). The plasma is assumed to behave as a viscous fluid whereas the RBCs are given a granular-like structure where the viscosity also depends on the shear-rate.
authors.affiliation: U. S. Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), P. O. Box 10940 Pittsburgh, PA, 15236 USA.
authors.forename: Mehrdad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Massoudi
authors.forename: Jeongho
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: James F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Antaki