Computer Simulation Study of Collective Phenomena in Dense Suspensions of Red Blood Cells under Shear

Part I.. Introduction

1. Motivation, aims, and outline of the thesis
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2. Introduction to complex fluids and their rheology
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3. Introduction to the physics of red blood cells and hemorheology
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Part II.. Numerical model for simulations of red blood cell suspensions

4. Physical considerations and ingredients for the numerical model
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5. Fluid solver: the lattice Boltzmann method
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6. Fluid-structure interaction: the immersed boundary method
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7. Membrane model and energetics
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8. Advanced model discussions
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Part III.. Simulation results and interpretation

9. Stress evaluation in combined immersed boundary lattice Boltzmann simulations
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10. Rheology and microscopic behavior of red blood cell suspensions
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11. Conclusions and outlook
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