A two-sphere model for bacteria swimming near solid surfaces

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Dunstan, Jocelyn ^a   Miño, Gastón ^b   Clement, Eric ^b   Soto, Rodrigo ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^b ESPCI   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LINEAR SYSTEMS;

CIRCULAR MOTION; FINITE DISTANCE; GEOMETRICAL CONSTRAINTS; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCES; INITIAL CONDITIONS; RADIUS OF CURVATURE; SIMPLE MODELING; SOLID BOUNDARIES;

SPHERES;

EID: 84856418109     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3676245     Document Type: Article

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