Stirring by squirmers

DOI10.1017/S002211201000563XzbMath1225.76321arXiv1007.1740WikidataQ59425948 ScholiaQ59425948MaRDI QIDQ3097706

Jean-Luc Thiffeault, Zhi Lin, Stephen Childress

Publication date: 10 November 2011

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1007.1740

zbMATH Keywords

mixingmicro-organism dynamics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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Cites Work

• Stirring by swimming bodies
• Hydrodynamic interaction of two swimming model micro-organisms
• A spherical envelope approach to ciliary propulsion
• On the squirming motion of nearly spherical deformable bodies through liquids at very small reynolds numbers

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