Transport of spherical gyrotactic organisms in general three-dimensional flow fields

DOI10.1063/1.3381168zbMath1190.76120OpenAlexW2028070540MaRDI QIDQ3578488

R. N. Bearon, Graeme J. Thorn

Publication date: 20 July 2010

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3381168

zbMATH Keywords

vorticescell motilityshear turbulencebiodiffusion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fluid mechanics (76-XX)

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