Undulatory swimming in non-Newtonian fluids

DOI10.1017/JFM.2015.595zbMath1382.76310OpenAlexW2129648939WikidataQ60178970 ScholiaQ60178970MaRDI QIDQ2797068

Gao-Jin Li, Arezoo M. Ardekani

Publication date: 30 March 2016

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://semanticscholar.org/paper/12c9d180af56bb2ea71efae37e09b22361624444

zbMATH Keywords

complex fluidsswimming/flyingmicro-organism dynamics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Non-Newtonian fluids (76A05) Viscoelastic fluids (76A10) Biopropulsion in water and in air (76Z10)

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