Optimisation and properties of gamete transport

We consider a series of problems from the field of biological fluid mechanics, in particular the properties and optimisation of human sperm motility, and the fluid flow in the oviduct. As an initial approach, we consider and refine a sinusoidal planar model by introducing a new envelope function wit...

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Main Author: Wakeley, Paul William
Published: University of Birmingham 2009
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.532315