Influence of boundary conditions on stochastic movement of biological molecular motors

Date issued

2018

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Publisher

University of West Bohemia

Abstract

The aim of this work is to show the use of statistical physics in biomechanics, especially for modelling a muscle on molecular level. To approximate stochastic (Markovian) evolution in the spatial variable of muscle configuration, we solve the Fokker-Planck equation with the use of the Wang-Peskin-Elston algorithm. The approach is used for numerical simulation in MATLAB of the system time development with different boundary conditions.

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Subject(s)

statistická fyzika, biomechanika, molekulární motory, Fokker-Planckova rovnice, Wang-Peskin-Elstonův algoritmus

Citation

Applied and Computational Mechanics. 2018, vol. 12, no. 2, p. 147-158.