THRIFTY SWIMMING WITH SHEAR-THINNING: A NOTE ON OUT-OF-PLANE EFFECTS FOR UNDULATORY LOCOMOTION THROUGH SHEAR-THINNING FLUIDS

DOI10.1017/S1446181118000032zbMath1391.76904arXiv1806.07599OpenAlexW2806344867MaRDI QIDQ3177371

D. A. Gagnon, T. D. Montenegro-Johnson

Publication date: 24 July 2018

Published in: The ANZIAM Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1806.07599

zbMATH Keywords

non-Newtonian fluids\textit{C. elegans}low-Reynolds number swimmingundulatory propulsion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Biopropulsion in water and in air (76Z10)

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