Micro-simulation of blood flow

Abstract

We have developed a microscopic blood model based on the SPH method. In the method, plasma fluid is discretized into SPH particles and an erythrocyte is modeled by internal fluid particles wrapped in elastic membrane particles. For verifying the model, the erythrocyte behavior under constant shear field (tank tread motion) is numerically analyzed. With the method, the tank tread motion of erythrocyte is well reproduced.