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2 - The Fluid Dynamics of Microscopic Locomotion

from Part One - Fundamentals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 September 2020

Eric Lauga
Eric Lauga
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University of Cambridge
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This second chapter is devoted to an overview of the fundamental physical concepts and mathematical equations required to construct models of cell locomotion. We start from the general setup of locomotion in fluids at arbitrary length scales before focusing on the low Reynolds number limit. We show in particular how the Stokes limit of hydrodynamics can be exploited along with symmetry arguments to derive general properties of microscopic locomotion.

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Hydrodynamics of cell locomotionLow Reynolds number locomotionScallop theoremStokesian locomotion
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The Fluid Dynamics of Cell Motility , pp. 12 - 28
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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