Cytoplasmic convection currents and intracellular temperature gradients
Fig 1
Two- and three-dimensional cell domains and computational grids.
A. Two-dimensional domain and grid featuring 8,640 unique element nodes for spherical cell. B. Three-dimensional domain and grid featuring 10,324 nodes for spherical cell. Triangular grids optimized using Gmsh C Horizontal plane surface (x1-x2) used for demonstration of three-dimensional velocity flow fields. D Vertical plane surface (x1-x3) used for demonstration of three-dimensional velocity flow fields. All planes pass through midpoint of cell nucleus. Large arrows demonstrate the direction from which 3D results (presented on respective plane surface) will be viewed.