Proceedings: Symposium on Swimming and Flying in Nature Held at California Inst. of Tech., Pasadena on July 8-12, 1974. Volume I.

Abstract

;Contents: Aerodynamic aspects of animal flight; Bacterial movement; Cinemicrographic analysis of the movement of flagellated bacteria; Formation of the bacterial flagellar bindle; Towards a molecular mechanism for the movement of bacterial flagella; Mechanisms of movement of simple flagella and cilia; Morphology of developing bends in sperm flagella; The role of body oscillation in the propulsion of micro-organisms; Fluid flow induced by smooth flagella; Optimal swimming motions of flagella; Flagellar motions near a wall.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 12, 1974
Accession Number
ADA020005

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bacteria
  • California
  • Cellular Structures
  • Flow
  • Fluid Flow
  • Microorganisms
  • Oscillation
  • Prokaryotes
  • Swimming

Fields of Study

  • Biology

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • Microbial Pathology
  • Robotics and Automation.