Can flexibility help you float?

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Burton, L J ^a   Bush, J W M ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOTATION;

ANALYTIC APPROXIMATION; BIOLOGICAL ORGANISMS; CAPILLARY LENGTH; CRITICAL SIZE; EXACT RESULTS; FLOATING PLATES; THEORETICAL MODELING; WEIGHT BEARING;

HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE;

EID: 84868618700     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4757121     Document Type: Letter

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