A note on the motion of an Ocean Bacterium in a Linear Shear Flow

Autor: Kalvis M. Jansons
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: Mathematika. 54:157-160
ISSN: 2041-7942
0025-5793
DOI: 10.1112/s0025579300000267
Popis: This paper treats a simple model, which can be exactly solved, motivated by the back-and-forth motion of ocean bacteria. In particular, the probability is determined that a bacterium moving randomly along a fluid line through the origin in a linear shear flow hits the origin before time.
Databáze: OpenAIRE