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 shapes of RBC in different shear stresses (255 Pa, 400 Pa, 600 Pa, and 800 Pa) and the natural shape of RBC. The lager the shear stress was, the longer and narrower the RBC stretch was, and the shape of RBC varies from biconcave to fusiform.