Creeping flow around a finite row of slender bodies in close proximity

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 551, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-17

  Barta, Efrath ^a   Weihs, Daniel ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; DRAG; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; VISCOUS FLOW; WINGS;

CREEPING FLOW; ELLIPSOIDS; PARALLEL SLENDER BODIES;

FLUID MECHANICS;

AERODYNAMICS; DRAG; FLUID MECHANICS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; VISCOUS FLOW; WINGS;

INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; VISCOUS FLOW;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 33646802973     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112005008268     Document Type: Article

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