Plug Effect of Erythrocytes in Capillary Blood Vessels

摘要: As an idealized problem of the motion blood in small capillary vessels, low Reynolds number flow plasma (a newtonian fluid) a circular cylindrical tube involving series disks is studied. It assumed this study that suspended are equally spaced along axis tube, and their centers remain on faces perpendicular to axis. The inertial force fluid due convective acceleration neglected basis smallness number. solution derived for quasi-steady infinitesimally thin disks. numerical calculation carried out set different combinations interdisk distance ratio disk radius radius. velocity average calculated. rates transport red cells vessels discussed. pressure gradient computed, dependence effective viscosity hematocrit diameter vessel