Energy-optimal strokes for multi-link microswimmers: Purcell's loops and Taylor's waves reconciled
Micron-scale swimmers move in the realm of negligible inertia, dominated by viscous drag forces. In this paper, we formulate the leading-order dynamics of a slender multi-link ( N -link) microswimmer assuming small-amplitude undulations about its straight configuration. The energy-optimal stroke to...
Main Authors: | , , , , |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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IOP Publishing
2019-01-01
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Series: | New Journal of Physics |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ab1142 |