Cooperative dynamics in the penetration of a group of intruders in a granular medium

Nature Communications

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Pacheco Vazquez F ^a   Ruiz Suarez J C ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; REPTILE;

AVES; REPTILIA;

EID: 78650045270     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1123     Document Type: Article

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