Self propulsion due to oscillations on the surface of a cylinder at low Reynolds number

DOI10.1017/S0004972700047134zbMath0247.76114MaRDI QIDQ5660770

J. R. Blake

Publication date: 1971

Published in: Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Biopropulsion in water and in air (76Z10)

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• A spherical envelope approach to ciliary propulsion
• On the squirming motion of nearly spherical deformable bodies through liquids at very small reynolds numbers