Aceves-Sanchez, P;
Degond, P;
Keaveny, EE;
Manhart, A;
Merino-Aceituno, S;
Peurichard, D;
(2020)
Large-Scale Dynamics of Self-propelled Particles Moving Through Obstacles: Model Derivation and Pattern Formation.
Bulletin of Mathematical Biology
, 82
(10)
, Article 129. 10.1007/s11538-020-00805-z.
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Abstract
We model and study the patterns created through the interaction of collectively moving self-propelled particles (SPPs) and elastically tethered obstacles. Simulations of an individual-based model reveal at least three distinct large-scale patterns: travelling bands, trails and moving clusters. This motivates the derivation of a macroscopic partial differential equations model for the interactions between the self-propelled particles and the obstacles, for which we assume large tether stiffness. The result is a coupled system of nonlinear, non-local partial differential equations. Linear stability analysis shows that patterning is expected if the interactions are strong enough and allows for the predictions of pattern size from model parameters. The macroscopic equations reveal that the obstacle interactions induce short-ranged SPP aggregation, irrespective of whether obstacles and SPPs are attractive or repulsive.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Large-Scale Dynamics of Self-propelled Particles Moving Through Obstacles: Model Derivation and Pattern Formation |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11538-020-00805-z |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11538-020-00805-z |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2020 Springer Nature Switzerland AG. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | Self-propelled particles, Hydrodynamic limit, Pattern formation, Stability analysis, Gradient flow, Non-local interactions |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Mathematics |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10111150 |
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