Unsteady Motion, Finite Reynolds Numbers, and Wall Effect on Vorticella convallaria Contribute Contraction Force Greater than the Stokes Drag

2010/06/01 by Sangjin Ryu, Paul Matsudaira · 4 citations
Engineering · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Biology #Body force #Classical mechanics #Contraction (grammar) #Drag #Flow (mathematics) #Mechanics #Micro and Nano Robotics #Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies #Physics #Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization #Reynolds number #Stokes flow #Stokes' law #Turbulence

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.bpj.2010.02.025

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Citations

• High-Speed Video Cinematographic Demonstration of Stalk and Zooid Contraction of Vorticella convallaria

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