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A simplified model for red cell dynamics in small blood vessels

Piero Olla
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A simple mechanism for the confinement of red cells in the middle of narrow blood vessels is proposed. In the presence of a quadratic shear, red cells deform in such a way to loose fore-aft symmetry and to achieve a fixed orientation with respect to the flow. This leads to a drift away from the vessel walls, when the vessel diameter goes below a critical value depending on the viscoelastic properties and the dimensions of the cell.

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Piero Olla. 1998-11-20. A simplified model for red cell dynamics in small blood vessels. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.82.453

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