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Pepper, Rachel E., Roper, Marcus, Ryu, Sangjin, Matsudair, Paul and Stone, Howard A. (2010) Nearby boundaries create eddies near microscopic filter feeders. Journal of the Royal Society. Interface, Vol.7 (No.46). pp. 851-862. doi:10.1098/rsif.2009.0419 ISSN 1742-5689.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2009.0419
Abstract
We show through calculations, simulations and experiments that the eddies often observed near sessile filter feeders are frequently due to the presence of nearby boundaries. We model the common filter feeder Vorticella, which is approximately 50 µm across and which feeds by removing bacteria from ocean or pond water that it draws towards itself. We use both an analytical stokeslet model and a Brinkman flow approximation that exploits the narrow-gap geometry to predict the size of the eddy caused by two parallel no-slip boundaries that represent the slides between which experimental observations are often made. We also use three-dimensional finite-element simulations to fully solve for the flow around a model Vorticella and analyse the influence of multiple nearby boundaries. Additionally, we track particles around live feeding Vorticella in order to determine the experimental flow field. Our models are in good agreement both with each other and with experiments. We also provide approximate equations to predict the experimental eddy sizes owing to boundaries both for the case of a filter feeder between two slides and for the case of a filter feeder attached to a perpendicular surface between two slides.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Mathematics | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of the Royal Society. Interface | ||||
Publisher: | The Royal Society Publishing | ||||
ISSN: | 1742-5689 | ||||
Official Date: | 2010 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.7 | ||||
Number: | No.46 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 851-862 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1098/rsif.2009.0419 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed |
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