A geometric theory of swimming: Purcell's swimmer and its symmetrized cousin

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Avron, J E ^a   Raz, O ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

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Indexed keywords

DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHIP STEERING EQUIPMENT;

COMPLETE INFORMATION; GEOMETRIC APPROACHES; GEOMETRIC THEORY; QUALITATIVE FEATURES; QUALITATIVE PROPERTIES; REYNOLDS (CO); SLENDER BODY THEORY;

RISK ANALYSIS;

EID: 47149089885     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/10/6/063016     Document Type: Article

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