The orientation of gyrotactic spheroidal micro-organisms in a homogeneous isotropic turbulent flow

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 459, Issue 2033, 2003, Pages 1293-1323

  Lewis, D M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fokker Planck equation; Gyrotaxis; Homogeneous isotropic turbulence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DIFFUSION; GRAVITY; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; SIMULATION; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOSITY;

EID: 1542512380     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2002.1046     Document Type: Article

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