A couple stress model of blood flow in the microcirculation

Pal, Dulal and Rudraiah, N and Devanathan, Rathna (1988) A couple stress model of blood flow in the microcirculation. In: Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 50 (4). pp. 329-344.

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Abstract

A simple mathematical model depicting blood flow in the capillary is developed with an emphasis on the permeability property of the blood vessel based on Starling's hypothesis. In this study the effect of inertia has been neglected in comparison with the viscosity on the basis of the smallness of the Reynolds number of the flow in the capillary. The capillary blood vessel is approximated by a circular cylindrical tube with a permeable wall. The blood is represented by a couple stress fluid. With such an ideal model the velocity and pressure fields are determined. It is shown that an increase in the couple stress parameter increases the resistance to the flow and thereby decreases the volume rate flow. A comparison of the results with those of the Newtonian case has also been made.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Bulletin of Mathematical Biology
Publisher:	Springer
Additional Information:	Copy rights of this article belongs to Springer.
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Mathematics
Date Deposited:	04 Aug 2009 02:54
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 05:39
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/21936

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