Unsteady swimming of small organisms

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 702, Issue , 2012, Pages 286-297

  Wang, S ^a   Ardekani, A M ^a  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

micro organism dynamics; propulsion; swimming

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; PROPULSION; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

ADDED MASS FORCE; FUNDAMENTAL EQUATIONS; IMPULSIVE MOTION; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; PLANKTONIC ORGANISMS; SURFACE DISTORTION; SWIMMING;

BIOLOGY;

BIOMECHANICS; FLOW VELOCITY; PLANKTON; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SWIMMING; UNSTEADY FLOW;

PARAMECIUM;

EID: 84864538038     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2012.177     Document Type: Article

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