Lattice Boltzmann simulation of transient blood flow in arterial geometries using a regularised, viscoplastic and shear-thinning fluid.

This paper presents a lattice Boltzmann framework for the transient simulation of blood flow using biologically inspired geometries and pressure boundary conditions. The Kuang-Luo rheological model is used to represent blood as a homogeneous continuum. This model includes the two primary non-Newtonian characteristics of blood, namely viscoplasticity and pseudoplasticity.