A simplified model for red cell dynamics in small blood vessels

Details A simplified model for red cell dynamics in small blood vessels A simplified model for red cell dynamics in small blood vessels

1998-05-07

arxiv.org/abs/chao-dyn/9805007v2

Nonlinear Sciences

Chaotic Dynamics

7 pages, 3 figures; to be published on Phys. Rev. Lett.; various modifications to text and figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.453

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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