Undulatory locomotion of finite filaments: lessons from Caenorhabditis elegans

Undulatory swimming is a widespread propulsion strategy adopted by many small-scale organisms including various single-cell eukaryotes and nematodes. In this work, we report a comprehensive study of undulatory locomotion of a finite filament using (i) approximate resistive force theory (RFT) assumin...

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Main Authors: R S Berman, O Kenneth, J Sznitman, A M Leshansky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2013-01-01
Series:New Journal of Physics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/15/7/075022