Surface tank treading: Propulsion of Purcell's toroidal swimmer

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Leshansky, A M ^a   Kenneth, O ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; PROPULSION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

COMPLEX VARIABLE TECHNIQUES; CONSTANT ANGULAR VELOCITY; COUNTER ROTATING; EXPLICIT SOLUTIONS; EXTENSIBLE SURFACE; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; PROPULSION TECHNIQUE;

ROTATING DISKS;

EID: 47149108298     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2939069     Document Type: Article

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