The optimal elastic flagellum

DOI10.1063/1.3318497zbMath1188.76150arXiv0909.4826OpenAlexW2072327934MaRDI QIDQ3557425

Saverio E. Spagnolie, Eric Lauga

Publication date: 22 April 2010

Published in: Physics of Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0909.4826

zbMATH Keywords

bendinghydrodynamicsbiomechanicscell motilitymicroorganisms

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fluid mechanics (76-XX)

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