The Proceedings of the Fluids engineering conference
Online ISSN : 2424-2896
2009
Session ID : G304
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G304 Propulsion mechanism of white blood cell with driving force by concentration gradient in liquid
Kosuke MATSUMURAMasaaki TAMAGAWA
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This paper describes elucidation of propulsion mechanism of white blood cell with driving force by concentration gradient using computational model. In our previous experiments, it was found that the white blood cells move when the concentration gradient on the membrane is opposite to the concentration gradient of surrounding fluid. To investigate these phenomena by computational model, transport process of concentration near the cylinder with consideration of absorption factor and diffusion coefficient ratio. It is concluded that the opposite gradient can be generated when the proper diffusion coefficient ratio and absorption factor.
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© 2009 The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
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