Hydrodynamics of linked sphere model swimmers.

We describe in detail the hydrodynamics of a simple model of linked sphere swimmers. We calculate the asymptotic form of both the time averaged flow field generated by a single swimmer and the interactions between swimmers in a dilute suspension, showing how each depends on the parameters describing...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Alexander, G, Pooley, C, Yeomans, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2009