Speed and efficiency of two swimming planar sheets in hydrodynamic interaction at low Reynolds number

DOI10.1016/j.euromechflu.2011.08.006zbMath1258.76220OpenAlexW2030496277MaRDI QIDQ1940602

B. U. Felderhof

Publication date: 7 March 2013

Published in: European Journal of Mechanics. B. Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euromechflu.2011.08.006

zbMATH Keywords

efficiencyswimmingplanar sheets

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stokes and related (Oseen, etc.) flows (76D07) Biomechanics (92C10) Biopropulsion in water and in air (76Z10)

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• Interaction of oscillating filaments: A computational study
• The swimming of animalcules
• Analysis of the swimming of microscopic organisms