Nutrient uptake by a self-propelled steady squirmer

Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-91

  Magar, Vanesa ^a   Goto, Tomonobu ^b   Pedley, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; MARINE BIOLOGY; MASS TRANSFER; MICROORGANISMS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUTRITION; POLYNOMIALS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

LEGENDRE POLYNOMIAL EXPANSION METHOD; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PECLET NUMBER; SHERWOOD NUMBER; SQUIRMER; SWIMMING MICROORGANISMS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 0037294894     PISSN: 00335614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmam/56.1.65     Document Type: Article

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