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SUMMARY:MEAM Master's Thesis Defense: "A Computational Model of Caenorhabditis elegans Locomotion"
DESCRIPTION:Since discovered in 1897\, the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans has surfaced as an excellent model organism for medical and genetic research. The worm propels itself through viscous-dominated creeping flows via undulatory motion. Moreover\, experiments have revealed that the netamode’s swimming gait alters as a function of fluid viscosity. In the current research\, we proposed a new solid-mechanics-based auto-propulsion model featuring a closed-form displacement field that better captures the nematode’s swimming gait in water. A series of decoupled/coupled (Fluid-Structure Interaction) finite-element simulations exploiting the Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (moving mesh) technique were then conducted to investigate how different gaits affect the free-swimming speed\, and how the interaction with fluids of various viscosities and the presence of wall boundaries deviate the swimming gait from the solid-mechanics-based closed-form solution.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/meam-masters-thesis-defense-a-computational-model-of-caenorhabditis-elegans-locomotion/
LOCATION:Towne 319\, 220 S. 33rd Street\, Philadelphia\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Dissertation or Thesis Defense,Master's
ORGANIZER;CN="Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics":MAILTO:meam@seas.upenn.edu
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