Pattern formation in drying drops of blood

DOI10.1017/S0022112010005070zbMATH Open1225.76007arXiv1010.2510MaRDI QIDQ3097635FDOQ3097635

J. Sampol, B. Loquet, B. Sobac, D. Brutin

Publication date: 10 November 2011

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The drying of a drop of human blood exhibits coupled physical mechanisms, such as Marangoni flow, evaporation and wettability. The final stage of a whole blood drop evaporation reveals regular patterns with a good reproducibility for a healthy person. Other experiments on anaemic and hyperlipidemic people were performed, and different patterns were revealed. The flow motion inside the blood drop is observed and analyzed with the use of a digital camera: the influence of the red blood cells (RBCs) motion is revealed at the drop periphery as well as its consequences on the final stage of drying. The mechanisms which lead to the final pattern of the dried blood drops are presented and explained on the basis of fluid mechanics in conjunction with the principles of haematology. The blood drop evaporation process is evidenced to be driven only by Marangoni flow. The same axisymetric pattern formation is observed, and can be forecast for different blood drop diameters. The evaporation mass flux can be predicted with a good agreement, assuming only the knowledge of the colloids mass concentration.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1010.2510

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zbMATH Keywords

blood flowcolloidsbioconvection

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Liquid-gas two-phase flows, bubbly flows (76T10) Physiological flows (76Z05) Physiological flow (92C35) Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-05)

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