TY  - JOUR
AU  - Lamura, Antonio
AU  - Gompper, Gerhard
TI  - Rheological Properties of Sheared Vesicle and Cell Suspensions
JO  - Procedia IUTAM
VL  - 16
SN  - 2210-9838
CY  - Amsterdam [u.a.]
PB  - Elsevier
M1  - FZJ-2015-04411
SP  - 3 - 11
PY  - 2015
AB  - Numerical simulations of vesicle suspensions are performed in two dimensions to study their dynamical and rheological properties. An hybrid method is adopted, which combines a mesoscopic approach for the solvent with a curvature-elasticity model for the membrane. Shear flow is induced by two counter-sliding parallel walls, which generate a linear flow profile. The flow behavior is studied for various vesicle concentrations and viscosity ratios between the internal and the external fluid. Both the intrinsic viscosity and the thickness of depletion layers near the walls are found to increase with increasing viscosity ratio.
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
UR  - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000380510300002
DO  - DOI:10.1016/j.piutam.2015.03.002
UR  - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/202122
ER  -