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The self-propulsion of a deformable body in a perfect fluid

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

P. G. Saffman
P. G. Saffman
Affiliation:
California Institute of Technology
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Abstract

It is shown that a deformable body can move persistently from rest through a perfect fluid without having to produce vorticity in the fluid.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , 8 May 1967 , pp. 385 - 389
Copyright
© 1967 Cambridge University Press

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