Numerical study of the combined stroke swimmer in an incompressible fluid

Journal article (2020)

Authors

Aditya Kumar Student
M.J.B.M. Pourquie Fluid Mechanics - Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering
D.S.W. Tam Fluid Mechanics - Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering
G. Ooms Fluid Mechanics - Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering
Research Group
Fluid Mechanics (Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering) (TU Delft)
Numerical simulation Inertial locomotion Micro-swimmer
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Published Date

2020

Language

English

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Faculty

Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering

Department

Process and Energy

Research Group

Fluid Mechanics

Abstract

A numerical simulation has been made of the combined stroke swimmer (a deformable sphere) and compared with the results of the second-order perturbation theory of Felderhof and Jones (2017). At a small ratio of the amplitude of the deformation of the sphere and the radius of the sphere the numerical and theoretical results agree well. However for a larger value of this ratio the results deviate due to inertia. The streamlines, as calculated numerically, change significantly with increasing inertia.