The hydrodynamics of flagellar propulsion: helical waves

DOI10.1017/S0022112079001051zbMath0423.76099MaRDI QIDQ3857955

J. J. L. Higdon

Publication date: 1979

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

zbMATH Keywords

optimization problemresistance coefficientshelical wavesplanar wavesflagellar propulsionnew model for swimming of microorganismssingularities of Stokes equation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Biopropulsion in water and in air (76Z10)

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• Flagellar Hydrodynamics

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