An Analysis of the Swimming Problem of a Singly Flagellated Microorganism in a Fluid Flowing through a Porous Medium

Journal of Porous Media

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 235-241

  Siddiqui, A M ^a   Ansari, A R ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; POROUS MATERIALS; VISCOSITY;

CREEPING FLOW MODEL; SWIMMING PROBLEMS;

MICROORGANISMS;

EID: 1542275322     PISSN: 1091028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JPorMedia.v6.i4.20     Document Type: Article

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