ARUP; ISBN: 978-0-9562121-5-3 - CMBBE 2012 - Cardiff University

average coordination num ber
average coordination num ber
5.0
4.5
4.0
3.5
3.0
2.5
2.0
400 Pa
800 Pa
1600 Pa
3200 Pa
6400 Pa
total cells
1.5
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
0
18
tim e [h]
3.0
2.5
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
(a) f lo − − f lo −
0.0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
0
18
tim e [h]
[-]
400 Pa
800 Pa
1600 Pa
3200 Pa
6400 Pa
1.6
1.4
1.2
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
total cells
(c) FLO + − f lo −
160
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
160
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
No cells
No cells
average coordination num ber
3.0
2.5
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
400 Pa
800 Pa
1600 Pa
3200 Pa
6400 Pa
total cells
0.0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
0
18
tim e [h]
average coordination num ber
7
6
5
4
3
2
400 Pa
800 Pa
1600 Pa
3200 Pa
6400 Pa
400 Pa
800 Pa
1600 Pa
3200 Pa
6400 Pa
(b) f lo − − FLO +
total cells
1
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
0
18
tim e [h]
(d) FLO + − FLO +
0.0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
0
18
time [h]
(e) Center-of-mass comparison
total cells
Figure 3: Average Coordination numbers and the center-of-mass comparison show that stiffness does not
significantly influence sorting above ca. 4.6 kPa. Plots are averages over six different sets of
random numbers.
160
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
160
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
160
140
120
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20
No cells
No cells
No cells