Lattice-Boltzmann Simulation of Red Blood Cell and Drug Delivery Inside the Carotid Artery

T he propose of this paper is to combine the lattice Boltzmann (LB) equation and immersed boundary (IB) method to simulate the red blood cell (RBC) behavior and the blood flow inside the carotid artery. The behavior and deformation of a RBC and the streamlines are obtained. The effects of emboly on the fluid flow have been investigated. The results show that the drug delivery is effectively changed with the quality of injection. The numerical results are compared with previous study indicate that LB method can evaluate the RBC membrane behavior and velocity field in an artery with a good accuracy.

Keywords:

Blood flow , Lattice Boltzmann , red blood cell , emboly , drug delivery