Computational fluid dynamics as a tool to understand the motility of microorganisms

DOI10.1016/j.compfluid.2015.03.012zbMath1390.76510OpenAlexW2077826965MaRDI QIDQ1645727

W. Todd Monroe, Thomas Scherr, Krishnaswamy Nandakumar, Chunliang Wu

Publication date: 22 June 2018

Published in: Computers and Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2015.03.012

zbMATH Keywords

finite volume methodnumerical methodsmicroorganism motilitycellular swimming

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible viscous fluids (76D05) Finite volume methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M12) Biophysics (92C05) Physiological flows (76Z05) Finite volume methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M08)

Uses Software

• OpenFOAM

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