Three-dimensional vesicles under shear flow: numerical study of dynamics and phase diagram.
Three-dimensional vesicles under shear flow: numerical study of dynamics and phase diagram.
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10.1103/physreve.83.031921
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2011-03
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T. Biben;A. Farutin;C. Misbah
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T. Biben;A. Farutin;C. Misbah
The study of vesicles under flow, a model system for red blood cells (RBCs), is an essential step in understanding various intricate dynamics exhibited by RBCs in vivo and in vitro. Quantitative three-dimensional analyses of vesicles under flow are presented. The regions of parameters to produce tumbling (TB), tank-treating, vacillating-breathing (VB), and even kayaking (or spinning) modes are determined. New qualitative features are found: (i) a significant widening of the VB mode region in parameter space upon increasing shear rate γ and (ii) a robustness of normalized period of TB and VB with γ. Analytical support is also provided. We make a comparison with existing experimental results. In particular, we find that the phase diagram of the various dynamics depends on three dimensionless control parameters, while a recent experimental work reported that only two are sufficient.