Modelling motility of Trypanosoma brucei
Fig 9
Effect of passive flagellum conformation on the swimming behavior.
(A) Simulation snapshot of an unactuated parasite with straight equilibrium state of the flagellum. (B–C) Trypanosome model swimming characteristics for a flagellum with bent (circles) and straight (squares) equilibrium states as a function of bending stiffness K for two body stiffnesses . (B) Swimming velocity v and (C) rotation frequency
are shown.