Simple swimmer at low Reynolds number: Three linked spheres

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 4-

  Najafi, Ali ^a,b   Golestanian, Ramin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES IN BASIC SCIENCES IASBS   (Iran)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MOTOR;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; MICROFLUIDICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MICROFLUIDICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; SWIMMING;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TENSORS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOSITY;

COEFFICIENT FUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR MACHINES; SWIMMING VELOCITY; TRANSLATION MODELS;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 37649029226     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.69.062901     Document Type: Article

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