Phoretic self-propulsion at finite Péclet numbers

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 747, Issue , 2014, Pages 572-604

  Michelin, Sébastien ^a   Lauga, Eric ^b  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biological fluid dynamics; low Reynolds number flows; swimming flying

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PROPULSION; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

BIOLOGICAL FLUIDS; CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; DIFFUSIOPHORESIS; EFFECT OF SOLUTES; FORCE AND TORQUES; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER FLOW; SWIMMING/FLYING;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; FLOW FIELD; FLUID MECHANICS; PARTICLE MOTION; PARTICLE SIZE; SWIMMING; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84905473082     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2014.158     Document Type: Article

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