Geometric optimisation of a micromachine with a spiral tail immersed in viscous medium

Computational Mechanics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 267-271

  Nasseri, S ^a   Phan Thien, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINEMATICS; OPTIMIZATION;

SPIRAL TAIL;

VISCOUS FLOW;

EID: 0031199201     PISSN: 01787675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004660050247     Document Type: Article

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