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. 1986 Dec;50(6):1109–1116. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(86)83555-X

Interaction forces between red cells agglutinated by antibody. I. Theoretical.

S P Tha, H L Goldsmith
PMCID: PMC1329785  PMID: 3801571

Abstract

A general method of calculating forces, torques, and translational and rotational velocities of rigid, neutrally buoyant spheres suspended in viscous liquids undergoing a uniform shear flow has been given by Arp and Mason (1977). The method is based on the matrix formulation of hydrodynamic resistances in creeping flow by Brenner and O'Neill (1972). We describe the solution of the Brenner-O'Neill force-torque vector equation in terms of the particle and external flow field coordinates and derive expressions for the normal force acting along, and the shear force acting perpendicular to, the axis of the doublet of spheres, the latter explicitly given for the first time. The equations consist of a term comprising force and torque coefficients obtained from the matrices of the hydrodynamic resistances (functions of the distance h between sphere surfaces which have been computed), and terms comprising the orientation of the doublet axis relative to the coordinates of the external flow field and the shear stress (which can be experimentally determined). We have applied the theory to a system of doublets of sphered, hardened human red cells of group A or B antigenic type cross-linked by the corresponding antibody at a fixed interparticle distance. Working from studies of the breakup of doublets of red cells in an accelerating Poiseuille flow, given in the succeeding paper, we are able to compute the hydrodynamic force required to separate the two spheres. Previous work has shown that the theory can be applied to doublets in a variable shear, Poiseuille flow, provided the ratio of particle to tube diameter is small. In calculating the force-torque coefficients it was assumed that the cells are crosslinked by antibody with h = 20 nm.

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