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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 4.
Published in final edited form as: Anal Chem. 2009 Jul 1;81(13):10.1021/ac9008463. doi: 10.1021/ac9008463

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Computational modelling of hydrodynamic conditions inside microculture chamber. A) A 2D computer model of the flow velocity. Because of the shape of the overall device, the fluid flow velocity decreases nonlinearly towards the outlet with a substantial drop after first ten rows of traps. In all cases, the regions inside the traps are characterized by a velocity field much lower than in the remaining area of the microchamber. B) 3D simulation results of the shear stress exerted on a trapped cell in three sections of the chip: high velocity (zone A), medium velocity (zone B) and low velocity (zone C). All scale bars have been set to the same limits.