stream function

position vector

irrotational Stokes operator

rotational Stokes operator

velocity field

pressure field

shear viscosity

velocity components

axisymmetric coordinate system

drag force

circular cylindrical coordinate

circular cylindrical coordinate

metric coefficients

radial cylindrical coordinate

cartesian coordinates

drag coefficient

U

particle speed

A

cross sectional area

the fluid density

settling terminal velocity

the mean particle density

g

local acceleration of gravity vector

V

particle’s volume

Gegenbauer functions of n-th degree

spherical coordinate system

cardioid coordinate system

prolate coordinate system

c

semifocal distance in prolate geometry

oblate coordinate system

a

semifocal distance in oblate geometry

bispherical coordinate system

toroidal coordinate system

parabolic coordinate system

tangent sphere coordinate system

first order modified Bessel functions

first order Bessel functions

stream function for blood plasma flow past a RBC

stream function for blood plasma flow past a swarm of RBCs

stream function for blood plasma flow past two aggregated LDLs