Analysis of Small Deformation of Flexible Helical Flagellum of Swimming Bacteria

Nihon Kikai Gakkai Ronbunshu, A Hen/Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Part A

Volumn 69, Issue 677, 2003, Pages 8-13

  Takano, Yasunari ^a   Goto, Tomonobu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flagellar Hydrodynamics; Flexible Flagellum; Kirchhoff Rod Theory; Resistive Force Theory; Swimming Bacterium

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CELLS; DEFORMATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; VECTORS;

FLAGELLAR HYDRODYNMICS; FLEXIBLE FLAGELLUM; KIRCHHOFF ROD THEORY; RESISTIVE FORCE THEORY; SWIMMING BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA;

EID: 0037254794     PISSN: 03875008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1299/kikaia.69.8     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. Berg, H.C., Motile Behavior of Bacteria, Phys. Today, Jan. 2000, (2000), pp. 24-29.
2. Klapper, I., Biological Applications of the Dynamics of Twisted Elastic Rods, J. Comput. Phys., 125, (1996), pp. 325-337.
3. Chwang, A.T., Wu, T.Y., Hydrodynamics of Low-Reynolds-Number Flow. Part 2. Singularity Method for Stokes Flows, J. Fluid Mech., 67, 4, (1975), pp. 787-815.
4. Love, A.E.H. A Treatise on the Mathematical Theory of Elasticity, Dover, (1944), pp. 396-398.
5. Macnab, R.M., Protein Crystal Mimics Reality, Nature, 410, (2001), pp. 321-322.