Science: Invited Talk: Multiscale simulations of blood-flow: from a platelet to an artery
Abstract: We review our recent advances on multiscale modeling of blood flow including blood rheology. We focus on the objectives, methods, computational complexity and overall methodology for simulations at the level of glycocalyx (<1 micron), blood cells (2-8 microns) and up to larger arteries ($O(cm)$). The main findings of our research and future directions are summarized. We discuss the role of High Performance Computers for multiscale modeling and present new parallel visualization tools. We also present results of simulations performed with our coupled continuum-atomistic solver on up to 300K cores, modeling initial stages of blood clot formation in a brain aneurysm.