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arXiv 1102.3894physics.flu-dynphysics.bio-ph
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粘弹性流体中的波动游动

Undulatory swimming in viscoelastic fluids

Xiaoning Shen, P. E. Arratia

摘要:

通过对线虫运动的跟踪和速度场的测量,研究了流体弹性对线虫\emph{Caenorhabditis elegans}游动行为的影响。我们发现流体弹性阻碍了自我推进。与牛顿解相比,流体弹性导致推进速度慢35%。此外,自推进随着流体中弹性应力的大小增加而减小。粘弹性流体中自推进的这种减少与流动中双曲线点附近的柔性分子的拉伸有关。

英文摘要:

The effects of fluid elasticity on the swimming behavior of the nematode \emph{Caenorhabditis elegans} are experimentally investigated by tracking the nematode's motion and measuring the corresponding velocity fields. We find that fluid elasticity hinders self-propulsion. Compared to Newtonian solutions, fluid elasticity leads to 35% slower propulsion speed. Furthermore, self-propulsion decreases as elastic stresses grow in magnitude in the fluid. This decrease in self-propulsion in viscoelastic fluids is related to the stretching of flexible molecules near hyperbolic points in the flow.

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