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SUBMITTER: Pacheco-Vazquez F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3065908 | biostudies-other | 2010
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Pacheco-Vázquez F F Ruiz-Suárez J C JC
Nature communications 20101123
An object moving in a fluid experiences a drag force that depends on its velocity, shape and the properties of the medium. From this simplest case to the motion of a flock of birds or a school of fish, the drag forces and the hydrodynamic interactions determine the full dynamics of the system. Similar drag forces appear when a single projectile impacts and moves through a granular medium, and this case is well studied in the literature. On the other hand, the case in which a group of intruders i ...[more]