Numerical Modeling of Sperm Swimming
Due to rising human infertility, sperm motility has been an important subject. Among the hundreds of millions of sperms on the journey up the oviducts, only a few excellent travelers will reach the eggs. This journey is affected by many factors, some of which include sperm quality, sperm density, fl...
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| description | Due to rising human infertility, sperm motility has been an important subject. Among the hundreds of millions of sperms on the journey up the oviducts, only a few excellent travelers will reach the eggs. This journey is affected by many factors, some of which include sperm quality, sperm density, fluid rheology and chemotaxis. In addition, the sperm swimming through different body tracks and fluids involves complex sperm flagellar, complex fluid environment, and multi-sperm and sperm-wall interactions. Therefore, this topic has generated substantial research interest. In this paper, we present a review of computational studies on sperm swimming from an engineering perspective with focus on both simplified theoretical methods and fluid–structure interaction methods. Several open issues in this field are highlighted. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-905c59a507bc443eaa147f84d3bc23e22023-12-03T12:48:25ZengMDPI AGFluids2311-55212021-02-01627310.3390/fluids6020073Numerical Modeling of Sperm SwimmingFang-Bao Tian0Li Wang1School of Engineering and Information Technology, University of New South Wales, Canberra, ACT 2600, AustraliaSchool of Engineering and Information Technology, University of New South Wales, Canberra, ACT 2600, AustraliaDue to rising human infertility, sperm motility has been an important subject. Among the hundreds of millions of sperms on the journey up the oviducts, only a few excellent travelers will reach the eggs. This journey is affected by many factors, some of which include sperm quality, sperm density, fluid rheology and chemotaxis. In addition, the sperm swimming through different body tracks and fluids involves complex sperm flagellar, complex fluid environment, and multi-sperm and sperm-wall interactions. Therefore, this topic has generated substantial research interest. In this paper, we present a review of computational studies on sperm swimming from an engineering perspective with focus on both simplified theoretical methods and fluid–structure interaction methods. Several open issues in this field are highlighted.https://www.mdpi.com/2311-5521/6/2/73sperm swimminglow Reynolds numberfinite-boundary methodimmersed boundary methodlattice Boltzmann method |
| spellingShingle | Fang-Bao Tian Li Wang Numerical Modeling of Sperm Swimming Fluids sperm swimming low Reynolds number finite-boundary method immersed boundary method lattice Boltzmann method |
| title | Numerical Modeling of Sperm Swimming |
| title_full | Numerical Modeling of Sperm Swimming |
| title_fullStr | Numerical Modeling of Sperm Swimming |
| title_full_unstemmed | Numerical Modeling of Sperm Swimming |
| title_short | Numerical Modeling of Sperm Swimming |
| title_sort | numerical modeling of sperm swimming |
| topic | sperm swimming low Reynolds number finite-boundary method immersed boundary method lattice Boltzmann method |
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