Transport of spherical gyrotactic organisms in general three-dimensional flow fields

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1-14

  Thorn, Graeme J ^a   Bearon, Rachel N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FLOW FIELDS; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TORQUE; TURBULENCE;

DISSIPATION RATES; EQUILIBRIUM ORIENTATIONS; LONG-TERM TRAJECTORIES; NONDIMENSIONAL; ROTATIONAL DIFFUSION; STABLE EQUILIBRIUM ORIENTATIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL FLOW FIELD; VISCOUS TORQUE;

SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 77953455752     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3381168     Document Type: Article

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