Effective shear viscosity and dynamics of suspensions of micro-swimmers from small to moderate concentrations

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 707-740

  Gyrya, V ^a   Lipnikov, K ^b   Aranson, I S ^c   Berlyand, L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FLOW KINETICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

ALGORITHMS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79953772716     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: 14321416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00285-010-0351-y     Document Type: Article

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