Research Article

Research on Human Erythrocyte’s Threshold Free Energy for Hemolysis and Damage from Coupling Effect of Shear and Impact Based on Immersed Boundary-Lattice Boltzmann Method

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The simulation model of RBC in plasma. Two coordinate systems were used: Eulerian grid was used for the plasma and RBC cytoplasm, and Lagrangian grid was used for the RBC membrane. The RBC membrane was modeled as a series of particles (the number is 40) connected by a chain network which can resist compression/stretch and bending.