Abstract:
Development of a proper blood damage model is important step in future
evolution of the blood wetted devices. The mentioned model on the other hand,
requires an accurate blood cell segregation prediction. Blood segregation is a
phenomenon when the red blood cells tend to concentrate at the bottom and
center regions of the pipe, driving the platelets to concentrate at the upper wall
region of the tube. In general, the segregation of the blood is found
experimentally, although these experiments were found to be costly and time
intensive. Development of a numerical model for blood segregation with help of
Computational Fluid Dynamics has a potential to be fast and cheap alternative to
the experiments.