Resistive thrust production can be as crucial as added mass mechanisms for inertial undulatory swimmers
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Physical Review E
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1539-3755,1550-2376
DOI: 10.1103/physreve.92.021001