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Reptation Motion of Animals in a Fluid

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The plane problem of reptation motion of a biological object in a viscous fluid is solved analytically in a long-wave approximation. The motion if laminar. Computational expressions and asymptotic estimates are obtained for the axial and shear forces, expended energy, and motion trajectory. Results of a numerical analysis of the solution are given.

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Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 46, No. 5, pp. 106–115, September–October, 2005.

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Shapovalov, V.M. Reptation Motion of Animals in a Fluid. J Appl Mech Tech Phys 46, 702–710 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10808-005-0127-0

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