The action of waving cylindrical rings in a viscous fluid

DOI10.1017/S0022112010006075zbMath1225.76323WikidataQ61757610 ScholiaQ61757610MaRDI QIDQ3097794

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Publication date: 10 November 2011

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

zbMATH Keywords

slender-body theoryswimming/flyingmicro-organism dynamics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Biomechanics (92C10) Biopropulsion in water and in air (76Z10)

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