Title :
A review of methods for hydrodynamic analysis of helical swimming flagella
Author :
Fei, Yuan ; Yu, Hongnian ; Burrows, Brian
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Comput., Eng. & Technol., Staffordshire Univ., Stafford, UK
Abstract :
The recent years it is stressed an increased interest in developing models of swimmers at low-Reynolds number. The interest ranges from biological to nanotechnology applications. This article reviews the relate researches and investigates the accuracy of hydrodynamic analysis methods which are used for swimming flagella. There are several different swimming patterns and structures in microorganisms and we focus on helical shape of flagellum. By reviewing the related researches, we discuss several application examples based on these methods.
Keywords :
biological techniques; biomechanics; cellular biophysics; flow; hydrodynamics; microorganisms; nanobiotechnology; reviews; biological applications; helical shape; helical swimming flagella; hydrodynamic analysis; low-Reynolds number; microorganisms; nanotechnology applications; review; Equations; Force; Hydrodynamics; Mathematical model; Microorganisms; Propulsion; Artificial micro-swimmer; Flagellar propulsion; Helical flagellum; Hydrodynamic analysis; Low-Reynolds number; Numerical methods; Stokes equation;
Conference_Titel :
Automation and Computing (ICAC), 2012 18th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Loughborough
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1722-1
