Pumping by flapping in a viscoelastic fluid
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Flapping motion and force generation in a viscoelastic fluid.
In a variety of biological situations, swimming cells have to move through complex fluids. Similarly, mucociliary clearance involves the transport of polymeric fluids by beating cilia. Here, we consider the extent to which complex fluids could be exploited for force generation on small scales. We consider a prototypical reciprocal motion (i.e., identical under time-reversal symmetry): the perio...
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عنوان ژورنال: Physical Review E
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1539-3755,1550-2376
DOI: 10.1103/physreve.81.036312