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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Feb 15.
Published in final edited form as: Comput Math Appl. 2023 Jan 3;132:145–160. doi: 10.1016/j.camwa.2022.12.009

Table 1:

Summary of the parameters for the optical tweezers simulation.

Parameter Value
Computational domain size, L×H×W [2D0,2D0]×[D0,D0]×[D0/2,D0/2]
Domain resolution, Δx D0/39
Fluid density, ρ=ρplasma 1025 kg/m3
Plasma kinematic viscosity, νamb=νplasma 1.2 × 10−6 m2/s
Cytoplasm kinematic viscosity, νcyto 6.0 × 10−6 m2/s
Kinematic viscosity ratio, λ=νcyto/νamb 5.0
Relaxation time, τ 1 for the plasma and 3 for the cytoplasm
RBC’s center of mass, (cx,cy,cz) (0,0,0)
RBC discretization, (Nref,Nelem,Nver) (5,20480,10242)
Shear elastic modulus, Gs GsSK={4.0,5.0}μN/m(CSK=100)
GsNH={10.0,12.0}μN/m
GsYE=10.0μN/m
Bending elastic modulus, kb 1.8×1019Nm
Volume penalty coefficient, kv 0.1
Vertex fraction, ε 0.02
Contact area diameter, dc 2.0μm