Rotational motion at low Reynolds number
Driven cyclic or periodic motion is a recurrent feature of many of the microscopic mechanical systems that support life. For example, fields of cilia, nano-scale hair-like structures, beat together to transport fluids though mammalian tracts. Bacteria and other micro-organisms are able to swim using...
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University of Bristol
2015
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.688351 |