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It is hypothesized that gliding bacteria move by producing waves on their own surface and leave an adhesive slime trail. Slime is basically a viscoelastic slippery material. Based on these observations, we use a mathematical model (of undulating sheet) to examine the locomotion of gliding bacteria over a layer of non-Newtonian slime. The constitutive equations of FENE-P model are employed to characterize the rheological behavior of the non-Newtonian slime. Moreover, substratum beneath the slime is approximated by a multi-sinusoidal sheet. A hybrid computational technique to solve the second order DE with a system of algebraic equations is presented. The speed of organism, flow rate and energy loss at larger values of the involved parameters are simulated using bvp5c in conjunction with a modified Newton-Raphson technique (MNRT). The comparison of soft and rigid substrate, slip and no-slip boundary conditions, Newtonian and non-Newtonian slime is displayed in several figures. Streamlines pattern and velocity of the slime are also drawn for the realistic pairs of speed and flow rate and are thoroughly explained. |
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