Spermatozoa scattering by a microchannel feature: An elastohydrodynamic model

Royal Society Open Science

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Montenegro Johnson, T D ^a,b,c   Gadelha H ^c,d   Smith, D J ^b,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluid structure interaction; Human sperm; Stokesian swimming

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942287209     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20545703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.140475     Document Type: Article

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