Gerald Gallagher

BE MSc PGCert CEng IntPE (Irl) MIEI

Development of a red-blood-cell-incorporating CFD software package for cardiovascular-system fluid flow analysis (CULBIBBS)


As part of my PhD research under the supervision of Professor Fergal Boyle, I am currently developing a red-blood-cell-incorporating CFD software package for cardiovascular-system fluid flow analysis. The software being developed is a 3D C++ CUDA Lattice Boltzmann Immersed Boundary Blood Simulator (CULBIBBS) for coupling with a state-of-the-art spring-network-based red blood cell model.

For a further breakdown of the project including a summary of the key milestones reached, go to my ResearchGate Project Log.
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Sphere falling through a fluid
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Sphere freely rotating in shear flow
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Behaviour of the red blood cell model while stretching (Optical Tweezers test case)

Publications


Validation of an In-House 3D CUDA Coupled Lattice Boltzmann Immersed Boundary CFD Solver for Sedimentation of a Sphere


Gerald Gallagher, Fergal J. Boyle

Sir Bernard Crossland Symposium, vol. 24, 2021 Sep


CULBIBBS: A CUDA Lattice Boltzmann Immersed Boundary Blood Solver for Cardiovascular-System Fluid Flow Analysis


Gerald Gallagher, Fergal J. Boyle

Bioengineering in Ireland, Section of Bioengineering of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland, 2020 Jan