Fig. 7.

The reduced skeleton strain energy $\int u\mathrm{d}{A}_0∕R_{\mathrm{p}}^2$ (see Eq. 7) of the aspirated RBC as a function of the relative cylinder length (L_c/R_p) and relative meniscus height (h/R_p). Gray lines connect points with the same reduced strain energy in increments of 0.2. Curves corresponding to reduced energies of 1.0 and 2.0 are labeled. Dotted lines below $\int u\mathrm{d}{A}_0∕R_{\mathrm{p}}^2=0.1$ are separated by 0.02. Black lines represent the dependence of h/R_p on L_c/R_p for the equilibrium shapes obtained by solving Eq. (26) for the effective adhesion constants (from top down) σ_eff = 0.010, 0.0, −0.0074, −0.087 and −0.225