Walking on water

DOI10.1017/S0022112009993107zbMATH Open1189.76813MaRDI QIDQ3570445FDOQ3570445

Authors: Stephen Childress 

Publication date: 25 June 2010

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

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Biomechanics (92C10) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-02) Biopropulsion in water and in air (76Z10)

Cites Work

• Surface tension force on a partly submerged body
• WALKING ON WATER: Biolocomotion at the Interface
• The self-propulsion of a deformable body in a perfect fluid
• Impulsive fluid forcing and water strider locomotion

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• Unsteady wave pattern generation by water striders
• Why a mosquito leg possesses superior load-bearing capacity on water: experimentals
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