Hydrodynamics of living fluids in microflows.

The main contribution of the present work is the proposition of a framework for analysis of active suspensions using the Caenorhabditis elegans nematode as the living model. To do so, five different perspectives are used: kinematics, macro-reological, numerical, theoretical and micro-reological. Fir...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mauá, Sara Malvar
Other Authors: Carmo, Bruno Souza
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Biblioteca Digitais de Teses e Dissertações da USP 2019
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Online Access:http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/3/3150/tde-16092019-150159/