An analysis of the swimming problem of a singly flagellated micro-organism in an MHD fluid

DOI10.1007/s11071-007-9245-yzbMath1170.76370OpenAlexW2044062201MaRDI QIDQ840401

Ali R. Ansari, Tasawar Hayat, Abdul Majeed Siddiqui

Publication date: 11 September 2009

Published in: Nonlinear Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11071-007-9245-y

zbMATH Keywords

analytic solutionMHD flowpropulsion velocitysingle flagellumswimming problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Biomechanics (92C10) Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics (76W05) Biopropulsion in water and in air (76Z10)

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