Self-propulsion of spermatozoa in microcontinua: Effect of transverse wave motion of channel walls

DOI10.1007/BF00786692zbMath0837.76100MaRDI QIDQ1904942

Yanyan Li

Publication date: 7 February 1996

Published in: Archive of Applied Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

sinusoidal wavemicropolar fluidflexible boundariesinertia-free flowtwo-dimensional sheet

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Non-Newtonian fluids (76A05) Fluid-solid interactions (including aero- and hydro-elasticity, porosity, etc.) (74F10) Biomechanics (92C10) Biopropulsion in water and in air (76Z10)

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• A microcontinuum analysis of the self propulsion of the spermatozoa in the cervical canal
• A long wavelength solution for a microorganism swimming in a channel
• Observations on the hydrodynamics and swimming motions of mammalian spermatozoa
• On the propulsion of micro-organisms near solid boundaries
• Analysis of the swimming of microscopic organisms
• The self-propulsion of microscopic organisms through liquids

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