Radial oscillations of a lipid-shelled microbubble in shear-thinning blood inside a cylindrical elastic microvessel
Published in Physics of Fluids, 2026
Ultrasound contrast agents are encapsulated gas microbubbles whose dynamics are governed by gas compressibility, shell viscoelasticity, blood rheology and vessel confinement. Existing models generally treat blood as a Newtonian fluid, neglecting the shear-thinning behaviour that becomes significant in microvessels. This paper models the radial oscillations of a lipid-shelled microbubble in shear-thinning blood confined within a cylindrical elastic microvessel.
Recommended citation: Manmi, K.M.A. (2026). "Radial oscillations of a lipid-shelled microbubble in shear-thinning blood inside a cylindrical elastic microvessel." Physics of Fluids, 38(7), 071910.
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