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two-dimensional	2D
bilayer couple bending	bcb
hemoglobin free red cell	ghost
single layer bending	slb
tank-tread	TT
Quantities
bending stiffness of the membrane in bcb	$B_{\mathrm{bc}}$
frictional coefficient opposing a lateral motion between two layers	$c_{\mathrm{f}}$
2D shear strain of the membrane skeleton	$ϵ$
Newtonian membrane viscosity	$\overline{{\eta }_{\mathrm{mem}}}$
non Newtonian membrane viscosity	${\eta }_{\mathrm{mem}}$
viscosity of the suspending phase	${\eta }_0$
shear rate of the undisturbed simple shear flow	$\dot{\gamma }$
distance between the neutral planes of the two monolayers of a bilayer	h
biaxial modulus of the membrane	K
shear modulus of the membrane	$\mu$
undisturbed density of Band 3 complex	${\rho }_0$
actual density of Band 3 complex	$\rho$
shear stress opposing a lateral motion between skeleton and bilayer	${\sigma }_{\mathrm{sb}}$
characteristic time of relaxation from an extension	$\tau$
TT frequency	$TTF$
slip velocity between skeleton and bilayer	$v_{\mathrm{sb}}$