An existence and uniqueness result for the motion of self-propelled microswimmers

SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1345-1368

  Dal Maso, Gianni ^a   Desimone, Antonio ^a   Morandotti, Marco ^a  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dependence of solutions of PDEs on domain and boundary data; Low Reynolds number flows; Stokes equations; Swimming

Indexed keywords

BODY SHAPES; BOUNDARY DATA; BOUNDEDNESS; EXISTENCE AND UNIQUENESS; EXISTENCE AND UNIQUENESS RESULTS; EXTERNAL FORCE; INERTIAL EFFECT; INFINITE FLUIDS; INTEGRAL REPRESENTATION; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER FLOW; REGULARITY ASSUMPTION; SELF PROPULSION; STOKES EQUATIONS; STOKES SYSTEM; SWIMMING; VELOCITY FIELD; VISCOUS FLUIDS; VISCOUS FORCES;

MECHANICS; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES; VELOCITY;

EQUATIONS OF MOTION;

EID: 79960420817     PISSN: 00361410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/10080083X     Document Type: Article

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