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cond-mat.soft2024
Minimal design of a synthetic cilium
Clément Moreau, Benjamin J. Walker, Rebecca N. Poon +4
We study a slender filament beating in a viscous fluid with novel curvature-dependent bending stiffness. Our numerical and experimental investigations reveal that such differential…
cond-mat.soft2024
Extending Granular Resistive Force Theory to Cohesive Powder-scale Media
Deniz Kerimoglu, Eloise Marteau, Daniel Soto +1
Intrusions into granular media are common in natural and engineered settings (e.g. during animal locomotion and planetary landings). While intrusion of complex shapes in dry non-co…