Active suspensions in thin films: Nutrient uptake and swimmer motion

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 733, Issue , 2013, Pages 528-557

  Lambert, Ruth A ^a   Picano, Francesco ^a   Breugem, Wim Paul ^b   Brandt, Luca ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biological fluid dynamics; Micro organism dynamics; Multiphase and particle laden flows

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; DYNAMICS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MICROORGANISMS; SUSPENSIONS (COMPONENTS); SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); THIN FILMS;

ABSORPTION PROCESS; BIOLOGICAL FLUIDS; FIRST ORDER KINETIC EQUATIONS; MONOTONIC FUNCTIONS; MULTIPHASE AND PARTICLE-LADEN FLOWS; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT TRANSPORT; PARTICLE ABSORPTION;

NUTRIENTS;

ADVECTION; FLUID DYNAMICS; MICROORGANISM; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PARTICLE MOTION; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; ABSORPTION; FILM; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; SWIMMING;

EID: 84902547922     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2013.459     Document Type: Article

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