Energetic considerations of ciliary beating and the advantage of metachronal coordination

DOI10.1073/pnas.96.22.12240zbMath1054.92500OpenAlexW2120625730WikidataQ36533101 ScholiaQ36533101MaRDI QIDQ4488620

Konstantin Levit-Gurevich, Shay Gueron

Publication date: 1999

Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/96/22/12240

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Biophysics (92C05) Physiological flow (92C35)

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