Optimum shape of a flagellated microorganism

Nihon Kikai Gakkai Ronbunshu, B Hen/Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Part B

Volumn 67, Issue 655, 2001, Pages 753-758

  Fujita, Tatsuya ^b   Kawai, Tatsuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bio fluid mechanics; Boundary element method; Flagella; Microorganism; Numerical analysis; Viscous flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 71249153822     PISSN: 03875016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1299/kikaib.67.753     Document Type: Article

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