Locomotion over a viscoplastic film

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 727, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-29

  Pegler, Samuel S ^a   Balmforth, Neil J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

biological fluid dynamics; lubrication theory; non Newtonian flows

Indexed keywords

DRAG; FIBERS; MOLLUSCS; MUSCLE; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

BIOLOGICAL FLUIDS; CONTINUUM APPROXIMATION; FINITE YIELD STRESS; LUBRICATION THEORY; NORMAL DISPLACEMENT; TANGENTIAL DISPLACEMENTS; TERRESTRIAL GASTROPODS; VISCOPLASTIC FLUID;

YIELD STRESS;

FLUID DYNAMICS; GASTROPOD; LOCOMOTION; MUCUS; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID; NUMERICAL MODEL; VISCOPLASTICITY;

GASTROPODA;

EID: 84879672190     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2013.224     Document Type: Article

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