Energy-optimal strokes for multi-link microswimmers: Purcell's loops and Taylor's waves reconciled

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...

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Main Authors: François Alouges, Antonio DeSimone, Laetitia Giraldi, Yizhar Or, Oren Wiezel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2019-01-01
Series:New Journal of Physics
Subjects:
microswimmer dynamics
optimal strokes
energy efficiency
assymptotic analysis
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ab1142

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