A control theoretic approach to the swimming of microscopic organisms

Quarterly of Applied Mathematics

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 405-424

  San Martín, Jorge ^a   Takahashi, Takéo ^b   Tucsnak, Marius ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITÉ HENRI POINCARÉ NANCY 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REYNOLDS NUMBER; RIGID STRUCTURES; VELOCITY;

CONTROL-THEORETIC APPROACH; CONTROL-THEORETIC INTERPRETATIONS; FINITE DIMENSIONAL; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; MICROSCOPIC ORGANISMS; RELATIVE VELOCITY; SELF-PROPELLED MOTION; VISCOUS FLUIDS;

MICROORGANISMS;

EID: 46649086335     PISSN: 0033569X     EISSN: 15524485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/s0033-569x-07-01045-9     Document Type: Article

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