Continuum model for linked fibers with alignment interactions

DOI10.1142/S0218202516400030MaRDI QIDQ2788500zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Fanny Delebecque, Diane Peurichard, Pierre Degond

Publication date 19 February 2016

Published in M\(^3\)AS. Mathematical Models \& Methods in Applied Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1505.05027

zbMATH Keywords

alignmentcross-linksdiffusion approximationellipticityfibersgeneralized collision invariantkinetic equationvon Mises-Fisher distribution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stochastic methods (Fokker-Planck, Langevin, etc.) applied to problems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C31) Kinetic theory of gases in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C40) Transport processes in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C70) Biomechanics (92C10) Cell movement (chemotaxis, etc.) (92C17)

Abstract: We introduce an individual-based model for fiber elements having the ability to cross-link or unlink each other and to align with each other at the cross links. We first formally derive a kinetic model for the fiber and cross-links distribution functions. We then consider the fast linking/unlinking regime in which the model can be reduced to the fiber distribution function only and investigate its diffusion limit. The resulting macroscopic model consists of a system of nonlinear diffusion equations for the fiber density and mean orientation. In the case of a homogeneous fiber density, we show that the model is elliptic.

Review text

The paper deals with some models of interacting particles (polar particles) in which any particle carries a direction and an orientation, given by its velocity. The interaction can be polar, that is the particles tend to align with their neighbors, eventually by changing their orientation, or nematic, that is alignment without reverting the orientation. This kind of system, in the apolar (not self-propelled particles) case and nematic interaction, is used to model the network of collagen fibers in a fibrous tissue. The fibers change their length by crossing each other and creating a longer fiber, thus branching off without limits.

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