FIGURE 6.

Non-Newtonian relative viscosity of blood (the cell suspension viscosity divided by the solvent viscosity) as a function of shear rate at H_t = 0.45. The simulation curves are: dashed—whole blood model; solid—non-aggregating RBC suspension. The experimental data are as follows: Whole blood: green crosses—Merril et al.,¹⁰⁶ black circles—Chien et al.,²⁵ black squares—Skalak et al.¹⁴¹ Non-aggregating RBC suspension: red circles—Chien et al.,²⁵ red squares—Skalak et al..¹⁴¹ The insets show simulation snapshots at different shear rates. The figure is reproduced with permission from Fedosov et al.⁶²