The behavior of closed inextensible membranes in linear and quadratic shear flows

Piero Olla

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2000, vol. 278, issue 1, 87-106

Abstract: The dynamics of a spheroidal vesicle, bounded by an inextensible membrane, is analyzed as a function of the enclosed fluid viscosity, and of the membrane mechanical properties. The two situations in which a bending rigidity and a shear elasticity are the potential energy source in the membrane have been compared, and the stability properties of quasi-spherical vesicle shapes discussed. The transition from tank-treading to flipping motion in an external shear flow, has been studied as a function of the vesicle internal viscosity and of the strength of the shear quadratic component. The transverse lift strength has been calculated in both cases of a tank-treading and of a flipping motion regime.

Date: 2000
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DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(99)00563-4

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