On the transport of epididymal fluid induced by the metachronal wave of cilia

DOI10.1007/s10665-017-9944-4zbMath1408.76604OpenAlexW2789215087MaRDI QIDQ1616541

Ali Ahmed Farooq

Publication date: 6 November 2018

Published in: Journal of Engineering Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10665-017-9944-4

zbMATH Keywords

exact solutionsaxisymmetric tubemicropolar fluidciliary-induced flowmetachronal wave

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Biomechanics (92C10) Physiological flows (76Z05)

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