Building a better snail: Lubrication and adhesive locomotion

DOI10.1063/1.2102927zbMath1188.76027OpenAlexW2059410493WikidataQ29037610 ScholiaQ29037610MaRDI QIDQ3557329

A. E. Hosoi, Neil J. Balmforth, Brian T. Chan

Publication date: 22 April 2010

Published in: Physics of Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://semanticscholar.org/paper/36401b82a131e7f5ba9d09f7b7c4db383aaf7212

zbMATH Keywords

wavesnon-Newtonian fluidsbiomechanicsnon-Newtonian flowlubricationzoology

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fluid mechanics (76-XX)

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