Fluid flow due to collective non-reciprocal motion of symmetrically-beating artificial cilia
Fluid flow due to collective non-reciprocal motion of symmetrically-beating artificial cilia
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DOI:
10.1063/1.3676068
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发表时间:
2012-03-01
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影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
Onck, P. R.
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作者:
Khaderi, S. N.;den Toonder, J. M. J.;Onck, P. R.
Using a magneto-mechanical solid-fluid numerical model for permanently magnetic artificial cilia, we show that the metachronal motion of symmetrically beating cilia establishes a net pressure gradient in the direction of the metachronal wave, which creates a unidirectional flow. The flow generated is characterised as a function of the cilia spacing, the length of the metachronal wave, and a dimensionless parameter that characterises the relative importance of the viscous forces over the elastic forces in the cilia. (C) 2012 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3676068]