Dynamics and stability of low-reynolds-number swimming near a wall

SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1013-1041

  Or, Yizhar ^a   Zhang, Sebastian ^b   Murray, Richard M ^c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b Clemson University   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic stability; Dynamics of locomotion; Low Reynolds swimming

Indexed keywords

EXISTENCE AND STABILITY; GEOMETRIC STRUCTURE; INERTIAL EFFECT; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; LOW-REYNOLDS SWIMMING; MACRO SCALE; MICRO-SWIMMER; STEADY SOLUTION; THEORETICAL MODELS; UNBOUNDED FLUID; VISCOUS EFFECT;

DYNAMICS;

STABILITY;

EID: 80055012465     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15360040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/100808745     Document Type: Article

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