The effects of fluid viscosity on the kinematics and material properties of C. elegans swimming at low reynolds number

Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics, Inc.

Volumn 67, Issue , 2010, Pages 1303-1311

  Sznitman, J ^a,b   Shen, X ^a   Purohit, P K ^a   Arratia, P E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Kinematics; Low reynolds number; Material properties; Swimming

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC VALUES; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ELEGANS; FLUID DRAG FORCE; FLUID VISCOSITY; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; MATERIAL PROPERTIES; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MECHANICAL LOADING; MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS; SWIMMING; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING SPEED; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

DRAG; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; EXPERIMENTS; FLUIDS; KINEMATICS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; POLYBUTADIENES; RANGE FINDING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TISSUE;

VISCOSITY;

EID: 79959965101     PISSN: 10466789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/S11340-010-9339-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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