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An introduction to the hydrodynamics of locomotion on small scales

Soft Condensed Matter 2014-03-18 v1 Biological Physics Fluid Dynamics

Abstract

In these lecture notes, I will briefly review the fundamental physical principles of locomotion in fluids, with a particular emphasis on the low-Reynolds number world.

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@article{arxiv.1403.4093,
  title  = {An introduction to the hydrodynamics of locomotion on small scales},
  author = {Eric Lauga},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1403.4093},
  year   = {2014}
}

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Les Houches 2012 Lecture Notes