Rotational dynamics of a superhelix towed in a Stokes fluid

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Jung, Sunghwan ^a   Mareck, Kathleen ^a,b   Fauci, Lisa ^b   Shelley, Michael J ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FLOW VELOCITY; ROTATIONAL FLOW; VISCOUS FLOW;

RESISTIVE FORCE; STOKES FLUID;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

BACTERIA; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FLOW VELOCITY; FLUID DYNAMICS; ROTATIONAL FLOW; VISCOUS FLOW;

EID: 35848959876     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2800287     Document Type: Article

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