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On swimming in a visco-elastic liquid

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 April 2006

T. K. Chaudhury
T. K. Chaudhury
Affiliation:
Mathematics Department, University of Burdwan, Burdwan: 713 104, West Bengal, India
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Abstract

The velocity induced by a transversely waving infinite flexible sheet in a viscoelastic liquid is investigated by a method of successive approximation up to second order in the amplitude of oscillation of the sheet. The incompressible second-order fluid model has been used and it is found that the elastic property of the fluid augments self-propulsion (increases the induced velocity) in some range of Reynolds number (based on the phase velocity) and hampers it (reduces the induced velocity) in some other range with higher values of Reynolds number.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 95 , Issue 1 , 14 November 1979 , pp. 189 - 197
Copyright
© 1979 Cambridge University Press

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