Fluid elasticity can enable propulsion at low Reynolds number

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Keim, Nathan C ^a   Garcia, Mike ^a   Arratia, Paulo E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

FLUID ELASTICITY; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; MICROSCOPIC PARTICLE; NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; RIGID OBJECTS; SMALL SCALE; TIME REVERSIBLE; VISCOUS FLUIDS;

PROPULSION;

EID: 84865734267     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4746792     Document Type: Article

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