Louis C. Foucard1, John Pellegrino1, Franck J. Vernerey1,2
CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.98, No.1, pp. 101-127, 2014, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2014.098.101
Abstract Many colloidal-sized particles encountered in biological and membranebased separation applications can be characterized as soft vesicles such as cells, yeast, viruses and surfactant micelles. The deformation of these vesicles is expected to critically affect permeation by accommodating pore shapes and sizes or enhancing the adhesion with a pore surface. Numerical and theoretical modelings will be critical to fully understand these processes and thus design novel filtration membranes that target, not only size, but deformability as a selection criterion. The present paper therefore introduces a multiscale strategy that enables the determination of the permeability of a fibrous network with respect to… More >
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