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Title: | Blood pressure distribution in microvascular networks |
Authors: | Guibert, R Fonta, C Plouraboue, F 2nd Micro and Nano Flows Conference (MNF2009) |
Keywords: | Cerebral cortex;Microtomography;Microcirculation;Blood rheology;Apparent viscosity;FåhræusLindquist effect;Plasma skimming |
Issue Date: | 2009 |
Publisher: | Brunel University |
Citation: | 2nd Micro and Nano Flows Conference, Brunel University, West London, UK, 01-02 September 2009 |
Abstract: | Blood rheology is complex and nonlinear. The effective viscosity variations are important due to red blood cells packing inside capillaries, the socalled FåhræusLindquist effect, whilst concomitantly phase segregation appears in bifurcations. We have performed direct numerical simulations of different nonlinear rheological models of the blood on realistic threedimensional microvascular networks. These simulations point out two significant results. First, various rheological models lead to very similar pressure distributions over the whole range of physiologically relevant hematocrits. Secondly, different models for phase segregation lead to very distinct hematocrit distributions in the microvascular network. Moreover, for all the investigated rheological models, the hematocrit distribution very weakly affects the pressure distribution, when prescribing uniform pressure boundary conditions. |
Description: | This paper was presented at the 2nd Micro and Nano Flows Conference (MNF2009), which was held at Brunel University, West London, UK. The conference was organised by Brunel University and supported by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, IPEM, the Italian Union of Thermofluid dynamics, the Process Intensification Network, HEXAG - the Heat Exchange Action Group and the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications. |
URI: | http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/6873 |
ISBN: | 978-1-902316-72-7 978-1-902316-73-4 |
Appears in Collections: | Brunel Institute for Bioengineering (BIB) The Brunel Collection |
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