Surface tank treading: Propulsion of Purcell’s toroidal swimmer

DOI10.1063/1.2939069zbMath1182.76450arXiv0709.1148OpenAlexW2064568926MaRDI QIDQ5303975

Alexander M. Leshansky, Oded Kenneth

Publication date: 18 March 2010

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0709.1148

zbMATH Keywords

rotational flow

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fluid mechanics (76-XX)

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