A microscopic study on the rheological properties of human blood in low concentration limit

In Seok Kang

Korea-Australia Rheology Journal, Vol.14, No.2, 77-86, June, 2002

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A microscopic study on the rheological properties of human blood in low concentration limit

In Seok Kang^†

Department of Chemical Engineering and Division of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, San 31 Hyoja-dong, Nam-gu, Pohang 790-784, Korea

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A microscopic theoretical study is performed to predict the rheological properties of human blood in the low concentration limit. The shear thinning behavior of blood in the low shear limit is studied by considering the aggregate formation of red blood cells, which is called the rouleaux formation. Then the constitutive equations of blood in the high shear limit are derived for various flow situations by considering the unique features of deformation of blood cells. Specifically, the effects of the surface-area-preserving constraint and the tank-treading motion of blood cells on the rheological properties are studied.

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[1] Batchelor GK, J. Fluid Mech., 41, 545 (1970)

[2] Chien S, Science, 1970, 977 (1970)

[3] Cho HJ, M.S. Dissertation, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea (1992)

[4] Fung YC, Biomechanics-Mechanical properties of living tissues, Springer-Verlag, New York (1981)

[5] Goldsmith HL, Fedn. Proc., 30, 1578 (1971)

[6] Hinch EJ, Leal LG, J. Fluid Mech., 52, 683 (1972)

[7] Jeffery GB, Proc. R. Soc. Lond., A.102, 161 (1922)

[8] Kang IS, Annual Report, AFR-92-D, Advanced Fluids Engineering Research Center, Postech, Pohang, Korea (1992)

[9] Keller SR, Skalak R, J. Fluid Mech., 120, 27 (1982)

[10] Nakamura M, Sawada T, J. Biomech Eng., 110, 137 (1988)

[11] Pozrikidis C, J. Fluid Mech., 216, 231 (1990)

[12] Richardson E, Proc. R. Soc. Lond, A.338, 129 (1974)

[13] Roscoe R, J. Fluid Mech., 28, 273 (1967)

[14] Schmidt-Schonbein H, Wells R, Goldstone J, Circulation Res., 25, 131 (1969)

[15] Skalak R, Oskaya N, Skalak TC, Ann. Rev. Fluid. Mech., 21, 167 (1989)