Tank-treading as a means of propulsion in viscous shear flows

DOI10.1017/jfm.2011.162zbMath1241.76485arXiv1011.2434OpenAlexW2073427896MaRDI QIDQ2891754

Piero Olla

Publication date: 15 June 2012

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1011.2434

zbMATH Keywords

membranespropulsionlow-Reynolds-number flows

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Incompressible viscous fluids (76D99) Biopropulsion in water and in air (76Z10)

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