Event
ChBE Seminar Series: Timothy W. Secomb
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Room 2110 Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Bldg.
Professor Panagiotis Dimitrakopoulos
dimitrak@umd.edu
Mechanics of Blood Flow in the Microcirculation
Timothy W. Secomb
Professor
Departments of Physiology and Mathematics
University of Arizona
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The term 'microcirculation' refers to the terminal branches of the circulatory system, with diameters ranging from a few micron to a few hundred micron. The flow properties of blood are strongly influenced by the presence of a large volume fraction of suspended red blood cells, which undergo large deformations as they flow through the microcirculation. The presence of a layer of macromolecules lining microvessel walls also has strong effects on flow. This talk will focus on theoretical approaches that have yielded insight into flow phenomena occurring in the microcirculation.
