Squirmers with swirl at low Weissenberg number

DOI10.1017/jfm.2020.987zbMath1461.76013OpenAlexW3126143027MaRDI QIDQ5853533

Eric S. G. Shaqfeh, Jeremy P. Binagia, Kostas D. Housiadas

Publication date: 10 March 2021

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2020.987

zbMATH Keywords

non-Newtonian flowsbiological fluid dynamicslow-Reynolds-number flows

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Non-Newtonian fluids (76A05) Biopropulsion in water and in air (76Z10)

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