Dynamics of Purcell's three-link microswimmer with a passive elastic tail

European Physical Journal E

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Passov, E ^a   Or, Y ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REYNOLDS NUMBER;

DYNAMIC EQUATIONS OF MOTION; LEADING ORDERS; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; MICRO-SWIMMER; PERTURBATION EXPANSIONS; POSSIBLE MECHANISMS; SELF PROPULSION; TORSIONAL SPRINGS;

EQUATIONS OF MOTION;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ELASTICITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY);

ELASTICITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT;

EID: 84865484425     PISSN: 12928941     EISSN: 1292895X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2012-12078-9     Document Type: Article

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