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physics.flu-dyn2021★ 37 cited
Surfing on turbulence: a strategy for planktonic navigation
Rémi Monthiller, Aurore Loisy, Mimi A. R. Koehl +2
In marine plankton, many swimming species can perceive their environment with flow sensors. Can they use this flow information to travel faster in turbulence? To address this quest…
astro-ph.SR2021★ 19 cited
Surface Manifestation of Stochastically Excited Internal Gravity Waves
Daniel Lecoanet, Matteo Cantiello, Evan H. Anders +5
Recent photometric observations of massive stars show ubiquitous low-frequency "red-noise" variability, which has been interpreted as internal gravity waves (IGWs). Simulations of…
cond-mat.soft2021★ 4 cited
Spontaneous knotting of a flexible fiber in chaotic flows
Benjamin Favier
We consider the problem of an inextensible but flexible fiber advected by a steady chaotic flow, and ask the simple question whether the fiber can spontaneously knot itself. Using…