Properties of Hagen-Poiseuille flow in channel networks

2024/02/29 by Valente, A. F., Almeida, R., Dilão, R. · 1 citation
#Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems (nlin.AO) #Cell Behavior (q-bio.CB) #FOS: Biological sciences #FOS: Physical sciences

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2402.19185

Abstract

We derive the main properties of adaptive Hagen-Poiseuille flows in elastic microchannel networks similar to biological veins found in organisms. We demonstrate that adaptive Hagen-Poiseuille flows effectively simulate key features of Physarum polycephalum networks, replicating physiological out-of-equilibrium phenomena such as peristalsis and shuttle streaming, which are associated with the mechanism of nutrient transport in Physarum. A new topological steady state has been identified for asynchronous adaptation, supporting out-of-equilibrium laminar fluxes. Adaptive Hagen-Poiseuille flows exhibit saturation effects on the fluxes in contractile veins, as observed in both animal and artificial contractile veins. These results suggest that the non-equilibrium effects observed in Physarum have a hydrodynamic origin

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