Orientational relaxation time of bottom-heavy squirmers in a semi-dilute suspension

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 249, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 296-306

  Ishikawa, T ^a   Pedley, T J ^b   Yamaguchi, T ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bio fluid mechanics; Micro organism; Relaxation time; Stokes flow; Suspension rheology

Indexed keywords

DILUTION; RHEOLOGY; VELOCITY; VISCOELASTIC FLUID;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CELL SUSPENSION; DIFFUSION; FLOW KINETICS; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; STRESS; SWIMMING; TIME; TORQUE; VELOCITY;

ANIMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORIENTATION; PARAMECIUM; PLANKTON; RHEOLOGY; ROTATION; SWIMMING;

EID: 35448989390     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.07.033     Document Type: Article

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