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Stokes flow singularities in a two-dimensional channel: a novel transform approach with application to microswimming

Darren G Crowdy1, Anthony M J Davis

  • 1Department of Mathematics , Imperial College London , 180 Queen's Gate, London, SW7 2AZ, UK ; Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering , University of California , San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0411, USA.

Proceedings. Mathematical, Physical, and Engineering Sciences
|September 25, 2013
PubMed

Keywords:
Stokes flowspectral analysistransform method

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