Reinterpreting the basic theorem of flagellar hydrodynamics

DOI10.1007/BF00118822zbMath0881.76117OpenAlexW4245053454MaRDI QIDQ1364008

James Lighthill

Publication date: 25 February 1998

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00118822

zbMATH Keywords

curvilinear distribution of stokesletsflagellar centrelinesurface distribution of stokesletssurface-velocity collocations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stokes and related (Oseen, etc.) flows (76D07) Biopropulsion in water and in air (76Z10)

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