Fig. 9. Presentation of the sperm–egg collision data using dimensionless
variables. (A) The highly motile sperm–egg collision data. The
normalized sperm diffusion coefficient values are obtained using
,
where tsim is the simulation time (1800 s) and
egg is the egg diameter. The normalized collision times are
the ratio of time required for 10/30 highly motile sperm to collide the egg,
to the simulation time. The values along y-axis are the average
collision time values. (B) The bulk sperm–egg collision data. The
normalized sperm diffusion coefficient values are obtained using
,
where tsim is the simulation time (1800 s) and
egg is the egg diameter. The normalized number of collision
values are obtained by dividing the number of bulk sperm hitting the egg in
1800 s by the initial number of sperm. The values along y-axis are
average values of number of collisions. Lines joining data points show trends
only.