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Accumulation of motile elongated micro-organisms in turbulence
Caijuan Zhan, Gaetano Sardina, Enkeleida Lushi +1
We study the effect of turbulence on marine life by performing numerical simulations of motile microorganisms, modelled as prolate spheroids, in isotropic homogeneous turbulence. W…
Low-Reynolds number swimming in a capillary tube
Lailai Zhu, Eric Lauga, Luca Brandt
We use the boundary element method to study the low-Reynolds number locomotion of a spherical model microorganism in a circular tube. The swimmer propels itself by tangen- tial or…
Micropropulsion and microrheology in complex fluids via symmetry breaking
On Shun Pak, Lailai Zhu, Luca Brandt +1
Many biological fluids have polymeric microstructures and display non-Newtonian rheology. We take advantage of such nonlinear fluid behavior and combine it with geometrical symmetr…