Q-tensor model for undulatory swimming in lyotropic liquid crystal polymers

DOI10.1017/jfm.2021.531zbMath1502.76137OpenAlexW3185290801MaRDI QIDQ4957349

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Publication date: 8 September 2021

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2021.531

zbMATH Keywords

immersed boundary methodmicro-organism dynamicsanisotropic liquid crystalDoi tensor modelfinite-length flexible fibre model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fluid-solid interactions (including aero- and hydro-elasticity, porosity, etc.) (74F10) Liquid crystals (76A15) Biomechanics (92C10) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99) Biopropulsion in water and in air (76Z10)

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