Sedimentation of pairs of hydrodynamically interacting semiflexible filaments
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Sedimentation of pairs of hydrodynamically interacting semiflexible filaments.
We describe the effect of hydrodynamic interactions in the sedimentation of a pair of inextensible semiflexible filaments under a uniform constant force at low Reynolds numbers. We have analyzed the different regimes and the morphology of such polymers in simple geometries, which allow us to highlight the peculiarities of the interplay between elastic and hydrodynamic stresses. Cooperative and ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Physical Review E
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1539-3755,1550-2376
DOI: 10.1103/physreve.76.061901