Sperm Motility and Multiciliary Beating: An Integrative Mechanical Model

Computers and Mathematics with Applications

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 749-758

  Dillon, R H ^a   Fauci, L J ^b   Yang, Xingzhou ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

CILIA; FLUID-MECHANICAL MODEL; SPERM FLAGELLA;

FLUID MECHANICS;

EID: 33846866482     PISSN: 08981221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.camwa.2006.10.012     Document Type: Article

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