General coarse-grained red blood cell models: I. Mechanics

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dc.creatorFedosov, Dmitry A.
dc.creatorCaswell, Bruce
dc.creatorKarniadakis, George E.
dc.date2009-05-01
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T13:10:58Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T13:10:58Z
dc.descriptionWe present a rigorous procedure to derive coarse-grained red blood cell (RBC) models, which lead to accurate mechanical properties of realistic RBCs. Based on a semi-analytic theory linear and non-linear elastic properties of the RBC membrane can be matched with those obtained in optical tweezers stretching experiments. In addition, we develop a nearly stress-free model which avoids a number of pitfalls of existing RBC models, such as non-biconcave equilibrium shape and dependence of RBC mechanical properties on the triangulation quality. The proposed RBC model is suitable for use in many existing numerical methods, such as Lattice Boltzmann, Multiparticle Collision Dynamics, Immersed Boundary, etc.
dc.description16 pages, 7 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0905.0042
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0905.0042
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/229150
dc.subjectCell Behavior
dc.subjectSoft Condensed Matter
dc.subjectBiological Physics
dc.titleGeneral coarse-grained red blood cell models: I. Mechanics
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