Characteristics of swimming shelled Antarctic pteropods (Limacina helicina antarctica) at intermediate Reynolds number regime

Autor: Mohammad Mohaghar, Deepak Adhikari, Donald R. Webster
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Physical Review Fluids. 4
ISSN: 2469-990X
DOI: 10.1103/physrevfluids.4.111101
Popis: Shelled Antarctic pteropods (aquatic snails nicknamed ``sea butterflies'') swim with a pair of parapodia (or ``wings'') in a high efficiency propulsion regime when the Reynolds number based on the flapping exceeds 35.
Databáze: OpenAIRE