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Title: | Simulation of Planar Wave Flagellar Propulsion of Nanorobots using COMSOL |
Authors: | Rathore, Jitendra S. |
Keywords: | Mechanical Engineering Nanorobots Planar Wave Flagellar hydrodynamics Low Reynolds Number |
Issue Date: | 2011 |
Publisher: | COMSOL |
Abstract: | Advancement in the field of Nanorobotics has been facilitated by the current advances in Nano-bio-technology and nanofabrication techniques. Nanorobots can be used in the advancement of medical technology, healthcare and environment monitoring and swim in biological fluids flowing in narrow channels of a few hundred nanometers in the area of bio-medical engineering. The pronounced effects in nanometer scale such as increased apparent viscosity and low Reynolds number make the designing of propulsion mechanism a challenging task. Prominent modes of flagellar locomotion in micro-sized biological organisms are by generating planar waves or through helical rotation. The present work attempts to numerically simulate the shape form of the tail of a swimming nanorobot by solving the governing equation of its flagellar hydro-dynamics. It corroborates with the analytical studies aimed at the modeling of Nanorobot dynamics thorough planar wave propagation. |
URI: | https://www.comsol.com/paper/simulation-of-planar-wave-flagellar-propulsion-of-nanorobots-using-comsol-10385 http://dspace.bits-pilani.ac.in:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/11966 |
Appears in Collections: | Department of Mechanical engineering |
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