Helical distributions of stokeslets

DOI10.1007/BF00118823zbMath0883.76099MaRDI QIDQ1364009

James Lighthill

Publication date: 23 March 1998

Published in: Journal of Engineering Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

jet-like interior flow; rotlet field; spirochete swimming; three-dimensional flow fields

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76D07: Stokes and related (Oseen, etc.) flows

76Z10: Biopropulsion in water and in air

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