Numerical study on the propulsion of a bacterial flagellum in a viscous fluid using an immersed boundary method

DOI10.1016/j.compfluid.2012.03.012zbMath1365.76359OpenAlexW2160930527WikidataQ112880788 ScholiaQ112880788MaRDI QIDQ2361840

Min Jun Kim, Ranjith Maniyeri, Sangmo Kang, Yong Kweon Suh

Publication date: 5 July 2017

Published in: Computers and Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2012.03.012

zbMATH Keywords

finite volume methodStokes equationsimmersed boundary methodelastic network modelbacterial flagellum propulsionflagellum swimming speed

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite volume methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M12) Physiological flow (92C35) Biopropulsion in water and in air (76Z10)

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