Propulsion by a helical flagellum in a capillary tube

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Liu, Bin ^a,c   Breuer, Kenneth S ^a   Powers, Thomas R ^a,b  

^a Brown University   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; CELLS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROPULSION; SAILING VESSELS;

CYLINDRICAL TUBES; CYLINDRICAL WALLS; DEGREE OF CONFINEMENT; FILAMENT THICKNESS; HELICAL FILAMENT; HELICAL SYMMETRY; ROTATION RATE; SWIMMING SPEED;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 84905158206     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: 10897666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4861026     Document Type: Article

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