The squeezing of red blood cells through capillaries with near-minimal diameters

DOI10.1017/S0022112089001503zbMath0674.76117OpenAlexW2159406838MaRDI QIDQ3829303

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Publication date: 1989

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112089001503

zbMATH Keywords

matched asymptotic expansionsred blood cellsrheological parametershigh-velocity limitMammalian red cells

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Physiological flows (76Z05) Physiological, cellular and medical topics (92Cxx)

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• The motion of long bubbles in tubes