A new index for characterizing micro-bead motion in a flow induced by ciliary beating: Part II, modeling
Fig 1
Schematic representation of the stroke of an individual cilium and the envelope model.
(Left) Simplification of the stroke cycle as an ellipse. (Right) Representation of the envelope model covering the cilia layer and the propagation of the metachronal wave. (Inspired by Velez-Cordero et al. [23])