Unsteady feeding and optimal strokes of model ciliates

DOI10.1017/jfm.2012.484zbMath1284.76433arXiv1210.1331OpenAlexW3101523394WikidataQ115187290 ScholiaQ115187290MaRDI QIDQ5406462

Sébastien Michelin, Eric Lauga

Publication date: 1 April 2014

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1210.1331

zbMATH Keywords

biological fluid dynamicslow-Reynolds-number flowsmicro-organism dynamics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Biomechanics (92C10) Flow control and optimization for incompressible viscous fluids (76D55) Biopropulsion in water and in air (76Z10)

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