Dynamics of flexible fibers in viscous flows and fluids

O Du Roure, A Lindner, EN Nazockdast… - Annual Review of …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
The dynamics and deformations of immersed flexible fibers are at the heart of important
industrial and biological processes, induce peculiar mechanical and transport properties in …

A fast platform for simulating semi-flexible fiber suspensions applied to cell mechanics

E Nazockdast, A Rahimian, D Zorin… - Journal of Computational …, 2017 - Elsevier
We present a novel platform for the large-scale simulation of three-dimensional fibrous
structures immersed in a Stokesian fluid and evolving under confinement or in free-space in …

Settling dynamics of Brownian chains in viscous fluids

LHP Cunha, J Zhao, FC MacKintosh, SL Biswal - Physical Review Fluids, 2022 - APS
We investigate the dynamics of sedimenting Brownian filaments using experimental,
computational, and theoretical approaches. The filaments under consideration are …

Study of gravitational sedimentation of flexible, permeable circular and planktonic particle applying the immersed boundary method

R Panghal, S Ghosh - International Journal of Sediment Research, 2023 - Elsevier
The gravitational settling of a flexible, permeable circular and planktonic particle drenched in
a fluid which is assumed to be Newtonian and incompressible along with being viscous was …

Inertial settling of flexible fiber suspensions

AA Banaei, M Rahmani, DM Martinez, L Brandt - Physical Review Fluids, 2020 - APS
We study the inertial settling of suspensions of flexible and rigid fibers using an immersed
boundary method. The fibers considered are inextensible and slender, with an aspect ratio …

Attracting dynamical modes of highly elastic fibres settling under gravity in a viscous fluid

Y Melikhov, ML Ekiel-Jeżewska - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2024 - cambridge.org
The dynamics of a single highly elastic fibre settling under gravity in a very viscous fluid is
studied numerically. We employ the bead model and multipole expansion of the Stokes …

Stochastic model for predicting the shape of flexible fibers in suspensions

M Rahmani, AA Banaei, L Brandt, DM Martinez - Physical Review Fluids, 2023 - APS
We describe the shape of moderately flexible fibers settling under inertial conditions in dilute
and semidilute suspension and examine the hydrodynamic forces on the fibers that create …

Hydrodynamic aggregation of membrane inclusions due to non-Newtonian surface rheology

V Vig, H Manikantan - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Biological membranes are self-assembled complex fluid interfaces that host proteins,
molecular motors, and other macromolecules essential for cellular function. These …

Obstacle-induced lateral dispersion and nontrivial trapping of flexible fibers settling in a viscous fluid

U Makanga, M Sepahi, C Duprat, B Delmotte - Physical Review Fluids, 2023 - APS
The motion of flexible fibers through structured fluidic environments is ubiquitous in nature
and industrial applications. Most often, their dynamics results from the complex interplay …

Sedimenting pairs of elastic microfilaments

M Bukowicki, ML Ekiel-Jeżewska - Soft Matter, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The dynamics of two identical elastic filaments settling under gravity in a viscous fluid in the
low Reynolds number regime is investigated numerically. A large family of initial …