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Low Reynolds number hydrodynamics
John Happel,Howard Brenner +1 more
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Low Reynolds number flow theory finds wide application in such diverse fields as sedimentation, fluidization, particle-size classification, dust and mist collection, filtration, centrifugation, polymer and suspension rheology, and a host of other disciplines.Abstract:
Low Reynolds number flow theory finds wide application in such diverse fields as sedimentation, fluidization, particle-size classification, dust and mist collection, filtration, centrifugation, polymer and suspension rheology, flow through porous media, colloid science, aerosol and hydrosal technology, lubrication theory, blood flow, Brownian motion, geophysics, meteorology, and a host of other disciplines. This text provides a comprehensive and detailed account of the physical and mathematical principles underlying such phenomena, heretofore available only in the original literature.read more
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Nutrient fluxes to planktonic osmotrophs in the presence of fluid motion
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Hydrodynamic transport coefficients of random dispersions of hard spheres
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Flow-induced deformation of shallow microfluidic channels
TL;DR: In this article, the elastic deformation of poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) microchannels under imposed flow rates and the effect of this deformation on the laminar flow profile and pressure distribution within the channels were studied.
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Hydrodynamics of self-propulsion near a boundary: predictions and accuracy of far-field approximations
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TL;DR: In this article, a general axisymmetric swimmer is described as a linear combination of fundamental solutions to the Stokes equations: a Stokeslet dipole, a source dipole and a rotlet quadrupole, and the effects of nearby walls or stress free surfaces on swimming trajectories are described through the contribution of each singularity.
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Optical-trap force transducer that operates by direct measurement of light momentum.
TL;DR: The optical-trap force transducer that operates by the direct measurement of light momentum is described, which is useful in molecular and cell biology because several important forces are in an accessible piconewton (pN) range.