Optimal swimming of flagellated micro-organisms

DOI10.1017/S0022112074000279zbMath0295.76084OpenAlexW1976703324MaRDI QIDQ4048821

David F. Katz, Olivier Pironneau

Publication date: 1974

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112074000279

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Biopropulsion in water and in air (76Z10)

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Cites Work

• The motion of long slender bodies in a viscous fluid Part 1. General theory
• Analysis of the swimming of microscopic organisms

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