Using the immersed boundary method to model complex fluids-structure interaction in sperm motility (Q2430090)

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Using the immersed boundary method to model complex fluids-structure interaction in sperm motility
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    Using the immersed boundary method to model complex fluids-structure interaction in sperm motility (English)
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    5 April 2011
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    The authors present the extension of an immersed boundary model for ciliary and sperm mobility from a Newtonian to a complex fluid environment, through an Oldroyd-B formulation and a Lagrange mesh method. A numerical comparison of sperm mobility in the different fluid models is performed.
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    complex fluid structure interactions
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    Poincaré reccurences
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    multifractal analysis
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