Bacterial gliding fluid dynamics on a layer of non-Newtonian slime: perturbation and numerical study

DOI10.1016/j.jtbi.2016.02.011zbMath1343.92298OpenAlexW2286899904WikidataQ50707224 ScholiaQ50707224MaRDI QIDQ306847

M. Sajid, O. Anwar Beg, Zahid Asghar, Nasir Ali

Publication date: 1 September 2016

Published in: Journal of Theoretical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/39292/1/J%20THEORETICAL%20BIOLOGY%20bacterial%20gliding%20fluid%20dynamics%20ACCEPTED%20FEB%2011TH%202016.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

perturbation expansionsshear-thinningpropulsive forcebacterial glidingCarreau non-Newtonian fluidfinite difference method (FDM)finite element method (FEM)shear-thickening

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Non-Newtonian fluids (76A05) Physiological, cellular and medical topics (92C99)

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