Cilium height difference between strokes is more effective in driving fluid transport in mucociliary clearance: a numerical study

DOI10.3934/MBE.2015.12.1107zbMath1317.76108OpenAlexW2473740284WikidataQ47368239 ScholiaQ47368239MaRDI QIDQ2351780

Ling Xu, Yi Jiang

Publication date: 26 June 2015

Published in: Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.3934/mbe.2015.12.1107

zbMATH Keywords

transportNavier-Stokesmucuspropulsioncilium

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Biophysics (92C05) Mathematical biology in general (92B99) Biopropulsion in water and in air (76Z10)

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