What is it about?
A numerical three-dimensional study has been made of a micro-swimmer. The inertial effect has been taken into account, so that also swimmers of the order of 1 mm can be studied.
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Why is it important?
The real significance and originality of the research is the influence of the time-dependent deformation of the surface of the swimmer. It makes a further step towards the behaviour of a real swimmer. A calculation was made of the oscillating and mean velocity of the swimmer.
Perspectives
Due to the three-dimensionality numerical calculation it has become possible to study more complex problems, such as the interaction between two swimmers or a swimmer close to a wall.
Professor Gijs Ooms
Delft University of Technology
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This page is a summary of: Three-dimensional numerical study of the combined stroke swimmer, AIP Advances, October 2022, American Institute of Physics,
DOI: 10.1063/5.0121177.
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