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SeminarPast EventPhysics of Life

Hydrodynamic shape of microorganisms: Generalised Jeffery orbits

Kenta Ishimoto

Dr

Kyoto University

Schedule
Wednesday, March 17, 2021

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Wednesday, March 17, 2021

9:00 AM Europe/London

Host: BioActive Fluids

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Event Information

Domain

Physics of Life

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BioActive Fluids

Duration

70 minutes

Abstract

'Shape' of microorganisms are diverse. However, we sometimes approximate them as a sphere or a spheroid when we mathematically model the hydrodynamics of motile and non-motile cells. Such a geometrical simplification can be theoretically validated for motions in a linear background flow, since the dynamics, known as the Jeffery orbit, only contain a single geometric parameter, called the Bretherton constant. In this talk, we generalise the Jeffery equations for a chiral axisymmetric object using the low-Reynolds-number hydrokinetic symmetry and then demonstrate that the dynamics of a certain type of chiral object in a fluid flow are characterised by a new chiral parameter in addition to the Bretherton constant. We also discuss how the generalised Jeffery orbits are applied to biased locomotion of bacteria in a bulk shear flow and we will share the idea of hydrodynamic `shape' of microorganisms to simplify the description of their dynamics.

Topics

biased locomotionbretherton constantbulk shear flowchiral objectschrialityfluidshydrodynamic shapehydrokinetic symmetryjeffery orbitsjeffrey orbitslow-Reynolds-numbermicroorganismsstokes

About the Speaker

Kenta Ishimoto

Dr

Kyoto University

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www.kurims.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~ishimoto/en/index.html

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