Symbol and explanation
| Symbol | Explanation | Symbol | Explanation | |
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| ρp | Density of plasma | ω | Angular velocity | |
| vp | Velocity of plasma | Tangential component of The contact force |
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| ρp0 | Density of the plasma in the reference configuration |
k̃ | Tangential spring stiffness | |
| ε | Volume fraction of plasma | η̃ | Tangential damping coefficient |
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| Tp | Constitutive equation of plasma |
μf | Friction coefficient | |
| p | Pressure of the mixture | Relative tangential velocity |
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| λp | First coefficients of viscosity of the pure plasma |
δ̃ | Tangential displacement | |
| μp | Second coefficients of viscosity of the pure plasma |
tm,n | Tangential unit vector | |
| Dp | Symmetric part of the velocity gradient |
δ̂0 | Tangential displacement in the previous time step |
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| Fpr | Interaction forces | Normal direction in the previous time step |
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| bp | Body force | ez′ | Unit vectors in the z’ | |
| mr | Mass of a RBC | ey′ | Unit vectors in the y’ | |
| xr | Instantial space position of RBCs |
μw | Magnetic permeability of The ferromagnetic wire |
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| Fcontact | Force of collision with other RBCs or boundaries |
μ0 | Magnetic permeability of free space |
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| Fpr | Interaction force with continuous phase |
Ms | Saturation magnetization field of the rectangular wire |
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| Fext | External force field | χp | Magnetic susceptibility of the plasma |
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| The normal component of the contact force |
χrbc | Magnetic susceptibility of RBCs |
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| k̂ | Normal “spring” stiffness | Vrbc | Volume of the RBCs | |
| η̂ | Normal damping coefficient |
a | Nominal radius of the wire | |
| δ | A (fictitious) overlap between two RBCs |
H0 | The applied external magnetic field |
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| R | Radius of a RBC | Hc | Constriction height | |
| n | Normal unit vector between two RBCs |
Lc | Constriction length | |
| Relative velocity | Ld | Diffuser length | ||
| Normal relative velocity |