Fluidics -
Particle Orientation and Deformation
“a:
Native human erythrocytes
near the margin of the core
stream of a short tube
(orifice). The cells are uniformly oriented and elongated by the hydrodynamic forces of the inlet flow.
b:
In the turbulent flow near the
tube wall, the cells are
deformed and disoriented
in a very individual way. v>3 m/s.”
Image fromV. Kachel, et al. – Melamed Chapt. 3
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