Shape optimization of a sheet swimming over a thin liquid layer

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 601, Issue , 2008, Pages 25-61

  Wilkening, Jon ^a   Hosoi, A E ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EULER EQUATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW SEPARATION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; VISCOUS FLOW;

EULER-LAGRANGE EQUATIONS; FLEXIBLE SHEET; LUBRICATION APPROXIMATION;

NEWTONIAN FLOW;

DEFORMATION; EULER EQUATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW SEPARATION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; NEWTONIAN FLOW; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; VISCOUS FLOW;

DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LIQUID; NEWTONIAN FLUID; OPTIMIZATION; VISCOUS FLOW; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ANNELIDA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 42349108100     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112008000384     Document Type: Article

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