Table 1.

Parameters used for the simulations.

Parameter	Symbol	Value
Blood plasma density	ρ	1.0 g/cm3
Blood plasma viscosity	μ	1.2 cp
Axial pressure gradient in 10 μm channel	P x	600 KPa/m
Axial pressure gradient in 20 μm channel	P x	400 KPa/m
Radius of the circle in RBC model	r 0	2.8 μm
Number of springs in RBC model	N	76
Membrane mass in RBC model	m	2.0 × 10−4 g
Membrane viscosity in RBC model	γ	8.8 × 10−7 N·s/m
Spring constants for HRBC membrane	k l  &  kb	1.0 × 10−12 Nm
Spring constants for Pf-IRBC membrane	k l  &  kb	2.0 × 10−11 Nm
Width of the channel	L	30 μm
Height of the channel	D	10 μm, 20 μm
Mesh size	h	1/80 μm
Time step	Δt	1 × 10−5 ms