The role of body flexibility in stroke enhancements for finite-length undulatory swimmers in viscoelastic fluids

DOI10.1017/jfm.2017.383zbMath1374.76245arXiv1610.02388OpenAlexW2530552029MaRDI QIDQ4594124

Robert D. Guy, Becca Thomases

Publication date: 17 November 2017

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1610.02388

zbMATH Keywords

viscoelasticitybiological fluid dynamicsmicro-organism dynamics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Viscoelastic fluids (76A10) Biopropulsion in water and in air (76Z10)

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