Purcell's "rotator": Mechanical rotation at low Reynolds number

European Physical Journal B

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 161-164

  Dreyfus, R ^a   Baudry, J ^a   Stone, H A ^b  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROMACHINING; MOTORS;

ROTATIONAL MOTORS; ROTATIONAL MOVEMENT; SPOKES;

REYNOLDS NUMBER;

EID: 25444481304     PISSN: 14346028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e2005-00302-5     Document Type: Article

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