The orientation of swimming biflagellates in shear flows

DOI10.1007/s11538-011-9673-1zbMath1238.92003WikidataQ51549458 ScholiaQ51549458MaRDI QIDQ417343

Stephen O'malley, Martin A. Bees

Publication date: 14 May 2012

Published in: Bulletin of Mathematical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/53846/1/53846.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

regularized Stokeslets; gyrotaxis; biflagellate; effective eccentricity; gravitaxis; sedimentation torque; swimming algae; upswimming

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76D07: Stokes and related (Oseen, etc.) flows

92D40: Ecology

76Z05: Physiological flows

92C35: Physiological flow

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