Microfluidic propulsion by the metachronal beating of magnetic artificial cilia: a numerical analysis

DOI10.1017/jfm.2011.355zbMath1241.76398arXiv1109.2547MaRDI QIDQ2893753

S. N. Khaderi, Jaap M. J. den Toonder, Patrick R. Onck

Publication date: 26 June 2012

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1109.2547

zbMATH Keywords

microfluidics; propulsion; low-Reynolds-number flows

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

92C10: Biomechanics

76T20: Suspensions

76W05: Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics

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