Self-Propulsion of Immersed Objects via Natural Convection

Natural convection of a fluid due to a heated or cooled boundary has been studied within a myriad of different contexts due to the prevalence of the phenomenon in environmental and engineered systems. It has, however, hitherto gone unrecognized that boundary-induced natural convection can propel imm...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mercier, Matthieu J., Ardekani, Arezoo M., Allshouse, Michael R., Doyle, Brian, Peacock, Thomas
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/88628
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7639-0194