Abstract
We present a numerical method to model the dynamics of inextensible biomembranes in a quasi-Newtonian incompress-ible flow, which better describes hemorheology in the small vasculature. We consider a level set model for the fluid-membrane coupling, while the local inextensibility condition is relaxed by introducing a penalty term. The penalty method is straightforward to implement from any Navier-Stokes/level set solver and allows substantial computational savings over a mixed formulation. A standard Galerkin finite element framework is used with an arbitrarily high order polynomial approximation for better accuracy in computing the bending force. The PDE system is solved using a partitioned strongly coupled scheme based on Crank-Nicolson time integration. Numerical experiments are provided to validate and assess the main features of the method.
Original language | British English |
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Article number | 090006 |
Journal | AIP Conference Proceedings |
Volume | 3034 |
Issue number | 1 |
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State | Published - 5 Mar 2024 |
Event | 9th International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Applied Optimization, ICMSAO 2023 - Marrakesh, Morocco Duration: 26 Apr 2023 → 28 Apr 2023 |