Symplectic and antiplectic waves in an array of beating cilia attached to a closed body
Biological Physics
2017-05-31 v2 Soft Condensed Matter
Fluid Dynamics
Abstract
By taking into account the hydrodynamic interactions in a one dimensional array of model cilia attached to a no-slip cylinderical surface, we investigate their synchronized motion. We show, how does the emergence of metachronal waves depend on the initial state of the system and investigate the conditions under which, the formation of symplectic and antiplectic waves are possible.
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@article{arxiv.1612.01688,
title = {Symplectic and antiplectic waves in an array of beating cilia attached to a closed body},
author = {Aref Ghorbani and Ali Najafi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1612.01688},
year = {2017}
}
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5 pages, 3 figures