3 papers
physics.flu-dyn2019
Doing more with less: the flagellar end piece enhances the propulsive effectiveness of human spermatozoa
Cara V. Neal, Atticus L. Hall-McNair, Jackson Kirkman-Brown +2
Spermatozoa self-propel by propagating bending waves along a predominantly active elastic flagellum. The organized structure of the "9 + 2" axoneme is lost in the most-distal few m…
q-bio.TO2019
Simulations of particle tracking in the oligociliated mouse node and implications for left-right symmetry breaking mechanics
Meurig T. Gallagher, Thomas D. Montenegro-Johnson, David J. Smith
The concept of internal anatomical asymmetry is familiar; usually in humans the heart is on the left and the liver is on the right, however how does the developing embryo know to p…
physics.flu-dyn2019
Efficient Implementation of Elastohydrodynamics via Integral Operators
Atticus L. Hall-McNair, Thomas D. Montenegro-Johnson, Hermes Gadelha +2
The dynamics of geometrically non-linear flexible filaments play an important role in a host of biological processes, from flagella-driven cell transport to the polymeric structure…