Figure 2. Computational domain for the capillary flow simulations.

Deformable Red Blood Cells (RBCs) and spherical rigid particles are dispersed within an aqueous solution (blood plasma), filling a 20 × 60 μm capillary. Periodic boundary conditions are imposed at the inlet and outlet sections of the capillary. A parabolic velocity profile is assigned at the inlet section with a maximum velocity of 100 μm/s.